you wont believe or eventually you will, but i literrally have the impression that i suffocate when i am around people and i force myself to talk…its been years that i was in the role of a victim… i didnt knew the happiness since years,many years, i dont want to count them now… i dont know if i somatise but my voice get shaky too… not a nice exprience whatever…
keep going you on your side:)
It sounds like social phobia to me. I always look for ways to lower my self-consciousness when surrounded by people.
yeah, a friend of mine also thinks that i am more social phobic than paranoid… its also tough now,it couldnt be worse. i try not to think to it anymore…
I learnt somewhere that exposure therapy is not particularly helpful to sufferer of social phobia. I do not know what exactly is happening to you.
ok,probably docs know better. or not 
the human soul is soo complicated apparently… i dont suffocate when i am alone yes dont know for the exposure therapy but probably my 13 years of isolation didnt do the best for me… zyprexa probably helps me already a little bit with the phobia,cause i want more to go outside probably i am terrified of being rejected, its hard to know for me(need more insight)…
Possibly this is really happening in the brains of us people with anxiety:
I hate the feeling of not being able to breathe. If the article is accurate, I think my brain wiring might be a little sensitive because sometimes I can go outside alone and still feel unable to breathe after it starts
I think this is the core of your problem. Mine, too. You should talk with your therapist about ways to get out of that box.
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