I remember when I was in college. I was the youngest in the class. This was before I had been officially diagnosed with all my disorders. I was very uncomfortable in class and I was trying to hide my anxiety every day I had to attend. It was very difficult for me. I remember being called up to the board on several occasions, usually to solve math problems. They weren't hard for me, but just being in front of the whole class of about 30 people made me have massive blanking moments. I would start sweating uncontrollably and shaking. Having panic attacks. I would just freeze while standing in front of everyone. Feeling like I was going to die.

After a few times of this happening, I remember going up to the professor and telling him. "I have social anxiety, it makes me extremely uncomfortable to be the center of attention, please do not call on me to come up to the board. I can do the work just fine, I just do not wish to stand in front of everyone to prove that."

He laughed at me and told me that it was a nice try but everyone had to participate. I was just shocked. From then on out, I refused to come up to the board when asked, sometimes just walking out. The final for the class required a presentation in front of everyone. I remember him singling me out when talking about it, saying things like "You can't expect to get out of this one ____." They used to make jokes at my expense a lot, when it came to speaking to the class.

I got very good grades in school, but I dropped out due to all the anxiety. I just couldn't handle it.