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Originally Posted by bella7237
Thank you so much for your advice. Just knowing that someone else understands is extremely helpful. Thankfully the Skype appointment isn't until Tuesday so I have some time to write up a proper email. I want to make sure he understands that this isn't just normal public speaking anxiety that most people have. I often get the feeling when I explain to people that I have these problems that they envision my anxiety to be the kind of anxiety that they feel before a job interview or a big event. It's hard to get people who haven't experienced it to understand that it is about a million times worse than that.
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I think focusing on how your lifestyle is different than the average person is helpful when trying to explain this to someone who doesn't have experience with it. I'm not sure exactly all your issues but I think it is good to describe your limitations a little bit so they can see the big picture without going into some huge explanation. Like saying, I have never set foot on campus. I stay inside my house etc. I am working through these issues but at the moment am not able to do blank. That sort of thing. Because imagining the anxiety someone gets before an interview is not the same as lets say a person who only does grocery shopping at night and does an online job or something. Just let them see how you live your life differently than they do. That is a good first start.