Very bad after 2012
All those those problems were like preparing from 2005 but I know that it will be ok when I will be 30 btw I am 23 years old
After 2011 itās all problem
Like relating to my sexuality or my sex
I dint turned out to be one and I donāt want to be one like from man to women
I was maybe 2011 to 12 a bi
But I am straight man
I wish it was that easy. Iām pretty much stuck here until I can get a job and afford to get out.
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I isolate because of stigma. But I try not to isolate too much. I go to a therapy group with other people with schizophrenia where we try to socialize. For me the most dificult is to socialize with normal people.
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Coped very badly these last two weeks. My parents have been away on holiday so it is just me. Havenāt showered in weeks. Havenāt felt hungry either so my eating is pretty scarce
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Iām a āhiā, byeā kinda guy but i go around people every week. Iām married but I donāt do relationship well with anyone else. Its fine to isolate if you are that type. But we need people and i hope you can feel free to reach out one in a while. I always wanted to socialize but its overrated. I have one friend and acquaintances, now there is nothing lacking. You donāt need to talk, just listen.
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I am very anxious,I am also the āhiā,and ābyeā type,not because I donāt want to connect but because I feel anxious and negative
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its ok. donāt force it
For most of my life I always lived with someone else. In 2008 Mother put me out of her house, and I have lived alone. I isolate alot and donāt have any friends. I have a Narcotics Anonymous sponsor, a sister, and a person from my psychiatric provider, a client too, that I call and talk to on the phone. I lack social skills and am no good at socializing. I also write my brother-in-law letters, and he writes me back.
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Iām very much like you in terms of social anxiety.
When my brother invites his friends over, (over 20+ people), I tend to hang out in my room and avoid all interactions with them. I donāt want to go through the whole "Hey! How ya doing?! Where do you work now?!) Thing with them. Most of them are young adults and they probably donāt have a nice perception of me being someone who is 30 still living at his parents.
I hardly hang out with my āfriendsā. A couple of my friends are pot heads, and my parents donāt want me to hang out with them. Another friend of mine is married and never has time to hang out. Another friend lives on the other side of the country.
Every weekend is tough. I want to hang out and socialize but at the same time i hate small talk and iām not good at making new friends.
I also think i lack social skills, social cues, how to get close with others, maybe i just donāt give a ā ā ā ā . Either way itās real bad for me when it comes to developing and maintaining relationships.
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Five years ago I found a book that helped me a lot about social anxiety and maybe it would help others too. It is called āThe Solution to Social Anxiety: Break Free From the Shyness Than Holds You Back,ā by Aziz Gazipura (2013) 232 pages and costs $14 on Amazon.com. I read it twice and wrote a letter to the author.
I still have social anxiety but I am improving.
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i am sure I have anxiety,and I also isolate myself often.I think I will not isolate myself that often if I overcome my social anxietyā¦what do you do to improve your social anxiety?
Iām alone 99% of the time for the last 8 years. And I donāt mind it at all.
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My new psychiatrist forces me to socialize and since then I take aerobics class in my area and joined the schizophrenia community every couple of monthsā¦ thereās always a theme like last time it was information about side effects of medsā¦ this month weāre gonna have art therapyā¦ its a combination of schizophrenics, psychiatrists and caregiversā¦
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