Anyone with Social Anxiety experience fluctuating levels of confidence?
Since early fall I started experiencing symptoms of anxiety/depression. Initially I had thought I had something physically wrong with me. I soon found out my issues were merely in my head. I was having insomnia/intrusive thoughts/depression. I was a mess in general! A huge ego conflict at that. I have seemed to conquer most the anxiety,and feel pretty normal however, I am experiencing some social anxiety...There are times when I can't be myself around my loved ones and I am socially anxious. Most frightening is around my very close brother. But there are times when I am completely normal..Does someone with social anxiety typically experience fluctuating levels of confidence? There are times when I am almost hypomanic and completely confident...and I will even randomly strike up conversations with people on the subway...other times I feel socially paralyzed...Am I experiencing possibly some kind of bipolar? Is social anxiety a symptom accompanying some forms of bipolar?
How to get over social anxiety?
Its ruining my life. i can't even go to job interviews without feeling like I'm being judged. I just want it to go away its taking over my life and i want the control back.
Why do Allah test me with social anxiety disorder?
Your social phobia is due to a total lack of self-confidence and as a disorder reflects the way you were brought up from childhood. that is to say little emphasis was placed on you developing social communication skills and interaction with other children of both sexes when you were young. I am fairly confident in saying that wondering why your prayers are not being answered shows how little you actually know about your problem and how to resolve it, Allah and reciting prayers will not deal with this, it would probably help make you feel a sense of security but it will not develop your persona as a normal functioning adult, for that to happen you will need to seek specialist help from a support group trained to in what they are doing. I do sympathise with your personal circumstances but unfortunately you are not going to be able to entirely rely on Allah as much as you think you will.
How does depression/social anxiety medication work?
I'm 16 with a pretty bad case of social anxiety. My mom has agreed to use medication, though she is alittle hesitant because of repots that this type of medication gives suicidal thoughts to people under 18. I've been to therapy and though it gave me some good pointers that I use everyday to help me through the social part of my social anxiety, it doesn't get rid of that "worried" filling that I can sometimes feel continuously. That feeling actually consumes my whole mood at times. The therapy has only helped with talking to people, and even then it has only helped alittle. But I would like to know more about this type of medication before I actually take it. I'm sure my doctor will tell me some stuff too, but how does it actually work? How will it make me feel better?