Hello everyone, I’m new here and I have social anxiety. My biggest problem is that I can’t go out and talk to people, which is obvious. The kicker here is that if someone came up and talked to me I would be completely fine and barely anxious at all. The problem is only severe when I have to seek someone out for any reason. I’m not a doctor, but I think it might be a pride thing. For most of my life I’ve had to figure my problems out by myself. I HATE asking for help (doing this isn’t easy at all) and I know it’s irrational, but I always feel like I’m weak when I can’t handle something on my own. As a result, I feel like other people think I’m weak. I have no problem whatsoever helping other people, it’s just asking for it myself. Not to mention, I currently don’t leave the house more then 3-4 times a month and I don’t have any friends or a driver’s license. I’ve tried out some different ways to deal with it, but I don’t get out often enough to actually work on the problem. I don’t really know what else to do. Any help would be appreciated.