[naeshinae]

So I've been struggling with leaving my room for a couple years it seems. I used to at least go outside my room and go somewhere (I live at my college) to study or do some journaling at least. But these days I can't seem to leave my room and even the very few friends I have can't always get me out, not consistently and I'm just so afraid of people. I can't explain it to my roommate and I think she gets a little frustrated with me. But I wish I could just get over it, or figure out how to deal with it. Sometimes I just wish I could just throw myself out there but I always end up running away. I just get even more embarrassed and self conscious now because I feel like others may think of me weirdly, and rightfully so, probably. But I honestly don't feel safe if I feel like there's other people around me. I just don't know what to do.. I keep on trying to "wait it out" but it's just not going away and there are just too many things in the way..

[Skeezyks]

Hello naeshinae: I'm sorry you are having such a difficult time. This must be so difficult for you. I hate to simply suggest the obvious. But, really, I think what needs to happen here is for you to reach out for professional mental health services either to a therapist or psychiatrist. If there is a student counseling center at your school, perhaps you could start there. From what you wrote, it sounds as though things are just going from bad to worse for you. Waiting & hoping it will all just go away is, I'm afraid, just likely to make matter worse. And even if your anxiety does subside for now, it sounds as though it's likely to return unless you take action to address your difficulties. I wish you well...

[handheart]

Well you develop a very powerful fear deep inside you ,in subconstient mind more exact .T fix this practice autosugestion repeat before you sleep that you are very courageos and repeat also imewdfiatly when you wake up and in the midlle of the day and as much as you can in the day .Repeat if for 5 minutes every time ,the big secret its to repeat it with emotions and to be persistent everyday .Something from your mind will tell you to convince you that this practice its not good it want you to stop ,but you must never give up you must repeat it everyday and never stop .And if you are preseverent the old paradigm of fear will change with the new one with courage

Are you able to expose yourself to gradually going further and further?

This is called exposure therapy. My therapist even came with me a few times.

At the same time I did work at home on my own. I wrote out an Evidence For/Against list, I completed de-catasrophizinf worksheets, and I made use of mood/cognitive thinking logs.