And even if you don’t have social anxiety, have social events become more stressful after diagnosed or realized your condition?
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It would make sense if you feel like your having to hide something or act like something that’s not really you.
There is just anxiety though. It’s a sort of phenomenon. It’s odd the word nervous seems to have disappeared.
In the case of telepathy delusions though. That leads to a total mess of ■■■■, anxiety included.
There are anti anxiety meds.
Also those of you just put what makes you anxious out of your mind you might find yourself feeling a sort of “confidence…” Without feeling like an ignorant ■■■■■■■.
i think my illness just makes me anxious in general at times for no apparent reason. that in itself makes me anxious socially just because my body feels like its going to explode.
when the anxiety passes and i feel good then my social anxiety also passes.
I have some social anxiety, mostly it is due to my thinking that everyone judges me in their minds.
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i had it but i learned it again 
Not schizophrenic but it’s definitely tied into my paranoia.
That’s how my illness started off - as a social anxiety. I still have it, but not as bad as in the past. I think that the social anxiety fed into my sz.
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i think medication and therapy can help with social anxiety
I dont have schizophrenia, but I dont do well in social settings - I avoid restaurants, movie theaters, family gatherings, because of my social anxiety.
I do suffer from a lot of anxious paranoia - this is paranoia tied in together with anxiety.
It seems that my anxiety quickly turns into paranoia, and when I am purely paranoid, I become anxious very quickly
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I think some of my social anxiety is tied to my Sz. There was a time I started withdrawing and isolating … I didn’t trust others.
Also… it was a lot of stimulus. Lots of distraction and when my symptoms were in onset… it was too much for me to take. Different people… all the movement… all the chatter…
I’m getting better with family gatherings.
My family is kind and they know I can only take large groups in small doses… so I’m the one to sort taxi people around… run the last minuet errands… go get more ice… So I can still see people but for 10 to 15 minutes at a time.
Social skills can be rebuilt… just like any skill… it can be learned and worked on. That’s what I’ve been working on… getting used to crowds that have nothing to do with me.
the 50 person gathering of family and family friends? NO… too much emotion. Too compact… I can’t take it.
50 random strangers in the library… I’m getting better about not letting that bother me.
I have a social anxiety but not Sz. I hated having to stand in the front of the class to give a report. I hated that all eyes would be on me. The fear would make me so sick that I would miss school. If I could quietly blend in unnoticed, I was happier. I hated job interviews too. Once again being placed at the center of attention plus you as a person being judged. As for parties and things, I just don’t fit in with others so it makes me highly anxious.
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"Avoidant Personality Disorder is a Separable Schizophrenia Spectrum Personality Disorder even when Controlling for the Presence of Paranoid and Schizotypal Personality Disorders "
Lots of mentions about sz and social anxiety.