Social anxiety sucks. It does respond better to therapy so does dissociation. I can identify with much of what you feel. I know it is very difficult right now to be grateful for anything but here is the only thing I can offer: at least you are addressing it. You should not alter your pathway to treatment. There are some people that are anti meds and some even that deny that mental illness even exists. Pay no attention.

Just as another poster said i am feeling low as well. When I was your age I had social anxiety to the point of almost phobia. This was pre internet days and obtaining any information was sooooo much more difficult. I did not know what was happening to me was something that needed treatment. And the social anxiety was so severe I would have had to have been almost forced to talk about myself. That may well have been different if I had been born 15 years later and had the info we now have in front of us.

There is a big difference between knowing and not knowing; between getting treatment and not getting treatment. Trust me I know about that. My life spiraled out of control. You have a chance to address it now or at the very least give it a real go. You are still young. Keep going.

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