[~anongirl~]

thanks everyone.

I've been doing some "research" on social anxiety, and the symptoms prove that it's pretty much exactly what I think I have.

The anxiety is literally crippling. I feel it getting worse and worse everyday, the smallest thing that involves a social activity that triggers me sends me into fits. I had a huge panic episode (wrote about it at the end of my post), to the point where I was sobbing so hard, all over saying one line in a play in front of the class. It was ridiculous. I keep telling myself I know I can do better, but as soon as I go out there in public, it goes downhill and I just freeze up.

My anxiety is really bad, are there any coping mechanisms I can use to treat it without going to a doctor?