An Anxious Girl In A Scary World

     So, I've recently started going to the gym with my best friend and I was super PSYCHED about going. When talking with my friend, I was like "Yeah, man! I can't wait! We are going to look so sexy! We are going to kick ass!" Then... the time came to actually go. I about had a panic attack. I walked through those doors and into the gym and I was stunned. I was seriously mortified to be standing in there!      The first day at the gym I couldn't concentrate. I couldn't think rationally. I followed my friend around like a puppy dog, waiting for her to tell me what to do. I was so afraid to try anything by myself. I needed her there with me. I COULDN'T do anything alone and when I tried to do something by myself I just thought that everyone was looking at me, laughing at me, and judging me.      The second day was a little better. But the thoughts were still there in my mind. If someone looked at me, even just for a split seco...

Good Morning Blogger World!      For a while, I had been wanting to create a blog where I could communicate with others out there who suffer from severe social anxiety like I do. My main goal is to just be a friend, a confidant, and someone who you guys can look to for advice on all things anxiety.      I have lived with anxiety my whole life. Pretty much for as long as I can remember. There are times where I think back to elementary school and I realized that they way I reacted to a simple situation was because of the anxiety. I wasn't diagnosed until my sophomore year in high school but I knew for some time that something wasn't right. I felt defective. I felt different. I didn't feel like a "normal" person. I spent a few years in therapy working through my anxiety and it wasn't until recently that I was able to accept that I was "normal" like everyone else. It's really taken a toll on my life, living with this disease, but I've manage...