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I have not always been afraid of people. I have done jobs where I work with the public, but not anymore. It seems the longer I have bipolar the stronger my social phobia gets.
Does anyone else deal with this as a part of their bipolar? |
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Social phobia seems to come and go for me and rarely stays very long. Generalized Anxiety on the other hand is a regular occurrence for me. I would imagine we are all going to be different.
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For me my bipolar anxiety has just gotten worse with time. But everyone is different. For me I find, when I'm more on the depressed side, my anxiety is much worse as well! But, when I'm feeling good, my anxiety is under control! Btw, the only thing I've found helpful for my anxiety is benzo's! Best of luck!!
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The only time I don't have social phobia is when I have hypomania. The rest of the time I'd rather be home by myself. But I'm also an introvert.
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I have noticed that as I get older and my pain gets worse the less I want to be around anyone.
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I tend to just go with my flow. I feel there's no other choice. I stay in until I feel like going out and being with people. When I do this, I do well! Sometimes I am able to force myself to get out, but that is not often. ![]() |
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I have always been an introverted shy person, I can look back and see that when I was more extroverted my behaviors coincided with other hypomanic behaviors. In saying all that, its been in phases. This past year, my social anxiety/phobia came to a forefront that bypassed all that I'd had previously, in April I had to quit facilitating a support group that I'd been with for over 4 years. How I'd even managed to be a facilitator I'm not sure, it sort of evolved. I had lots of support too in the beginning. I actually started that a month before joining PC, all those years ago. My dr even put me on an AD that is for OCD, off label for social anxiety.
The anxiety still comes in phases...when I am depressed I don't want to see or talk to anyone, I even use the self checkout lane at the supermarket (usually I'm lazy). We talked about trying toastmasters while at therapy today and the actual thought of having to get up in front of people and talk about something without even preparing, I'd pass out. No doubts. Not sure I could do it with prep. |
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You could TRY to get together something nice to wear, really, probably you could do this from among your clothing if you really look, something nice and simple. And you could make a strong attempt to go. It might be good for you and get you out of a hole. If you really, really do not want to go, just stay home and have a special day just for yourself, a special meal just for YOU, watch special programs on TV, play music, read something good and, above all, r-e-l-a-x. You do not have to give a reason for not going. Just maybe say thanks, but you need to stay home. There will always be another time when you can go and you also FEEL like going. PrairieCat ![]() Last edited by PrairieCat; Nov 20, 2013 at 09:05 PM. Reason: Love to edit, always to clarify. |
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You could TRY to get together something nice to wear, really, probably you could do this from among your clothing if you really look, something nice and simple. And you could make a strong attempt to go. If you really do not want to go, just stay home and have a special meal just for YOU, watch special programs on TV, play music, read something good, relax. There will always be another time when you can go and you also feel like going. PrairieCat ![]() |
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