| How could you really describe what it is like to deal | | | | - feeling like the walls are closing in, feeling trapped, |
| with social anxiety? Could you say that it is hard, | | | | feeling like you can't escape |
| terrifying, painful, lonely? None of these really do it any | | | | - feeling disconnected, like you are unreal |
| justice. Everything is a chore. Everything is hard. | | | | - dizziness |
| Everything is a struggle. And the worst part of it is that | | | | - nausea |
| no one seems to really understand. People do not | | | | - a state of panic |
| really understand why things they do every day are | | | | - feeling like you cannot breathe or you are losing your |
| so hard for you. | | | | breath |
| You start to feel so alone. | | | | - feeling like this will never go away |
| But you are not alone, I promise you that. Millions of | | | | - an intense fear of an anxiety attack |
| people struggle with this every day. There are forums, | | | | These are all scary. These are all hard to handle. In |
| chat rooms, and discussion boards filled with people | | | | fact you could pick out any one of these symptoms |
| talking about what this struggle has been like for them. | | | | and see how someone could adjust their whole life |
| They talk about how they deal with this disorder and | | | | just to avoid that one symptom. And here you are, |
| what symptoms they have. They talk about how | | | | dealing with many of these symptoms. So you see, |
| painful and alone they feel. They talk about how they | | | | you are not alone. You should not be ashamed, and |
| are trying to fight this. | | | | you have a right to be scared. But more important |
| Here are just a handful of their hardest symptoms. | | | | than any of this, please try to remember that you are |
| Which Social Anxiety Disorder Symptom is Your | | | | worth saving. Your life is a life worth living to it's fullest, |
| Worst? | | | | free from this anxiety. |