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One problem at a time...
I have a problem with social anxiety. I don't know when it started, but this has been putting a halt in progress I could have been making in a lot of social situations (progress of any kind imaginable; intimately, a job I'm doing, and even just making friends) for years. I will do as much as either pretend everything's okay, or just freeze up completely with neither helping me get to the point I need to. A big effect this has had, and I'm sure a cause of it too, is that I shut myself in and haven't made friends for years and haven't learn to socialise like an adult. The only reference I have for how to act is from ten years ago, and as I am now 22 this is rather unhelpful.
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Good Morning MB, thank you for posting your comment, and it's certainly not easy to make your first thread, but going to see your doctor is harder because it's face to face and questions are asked as to 'how you are' which you may find difficult to answer.
What is suggested is that you write down on some paper what has been happening in regards to your social anxiety, then hand this over to your doctor, this will help for them knowing what is concerning you.
We hope that you can get back to us and maybe explain a situation, and please remember no one knows who you are, which can be a great benefit for many.
Take care.
Geoff.