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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 498187" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I used to have a problem like that and yes, it is social anxiety. Altough tdocs and psychiatrists (therapists and psychiatrists) might say otherwise these days, it used to be that therapy was recommended over medications and therapy worked for me. I guess I'm considered old-school in that area but in my humble opinion, for problems like that, medications are only a bandaid that cover it up. It takes therapy to get past it. There are many good tdocs who can treat this and it might not take as long as you fear- just get a good fit for a therapist.</p><p></p><p>I'm also a trauma survivor so I don't know how different it might be for you, but for me the anxiety resulted from the trauma (PTSD), I just didn't see the connection until after therapy. The key was to figure out what it was I really feared in those situations and why- what it resulted from specifically , then deal and work thru that. It still comes back but it's rare and I'm able to identify what it is I'm really concerned about.</p><p></p><p>That's just my 2 cents....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 498187, member: 3699"] I used to have a problem like that and yes, it is social anxiety. Altough tdocs and psychiatrists (therapists and psychiatrists) might say otherwise these days, it used to be that therapy was recommended over medications and therapy worked for me. I guess I'm considered old-school in that area but in my humble opinion, for problems like that, medications are only a bandaid that cover it up. It takes therapy to get past it. There are many good tdocs who can treat this and it might not take as long as you fear- just get a good fit for a therapist. I'm also a trauma survivor so I don't know how different it might be for you, but for me the anxiety resulted from the trauma (PTSD), I just didn't see the connection until after therapy. The key was to figure out what it was I really feared in those situations and why- what it resulted from specifically , then deal and work thru that. It still comes back but it's rare and I'm able to identify what it is I'm really concerned about. That's just my 2 cents.... [/QUOTE]
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