I know what you mean, it's been lasting for about five years for me (give or take a month), though my parents were convinced that since it occured in my teen years that it's a normal part of growing up.Even the school councler proposed I took theraphy or similar, but again, ''it's a part of growing up'' - or so they say.I wish that was true though, because it would mean that in a few years it would pass away.

Still, I'm grateful for your words and I hope with time it'll be easier for you to deal with it as well. I myself have a tendancy of ''attaching myself'' to a cretain person for some time.Simply by being around someone close to you (Ex.: A friend/family member/partner?) it's a little easier to be around them and makes you feel safer, or at least me. Perhaps that may work for you too.Naturaly it doesn't prevent you from feeling anxious, but you feel a little safer.