Hello

[Livehappily]

Hello, people. My name is Billy, and I'm 14 years old (15 next month)
Needless to say, I have anxiety (won't be here if I don't have one :p) since (if I remember correctly) I was 9. I'm an introvert kid, since I was born, my parents said that I was always alone while all the other kids play together in kindergarten which I don't really remember because I'm too young. I honestly don't have problem socializing with other people, but some spesific things can make me extremely anxious when meeting other people that makes me a temporarily "FREAK". I don't know what cause it. Happens sometimes with a reason, sometimes not. My close friends, and family knows when this thing happens and will try to make me comfortable with the situation again.
The most annoying part is when this happen when I meet somebody I've never met before, you know. First impression :p

Back to the anxiety problem, lately my anxiety become worst. I frequently feel breathless, and very strong and rapid heartbeat, and when those things happens, I instantly loss my self esteem. I usually have high self esteem tho.

That's it about me, hope you guys accept as a new member here :D
Cheers.

tl;dr : I have anxiety.

[Kuma]

Hey Billy. Welcome to the forum. What do you think triggers your anxiety? You say it sometimes happens when you meet other people. What is it about meeting people that can make you anxious? Sometimes the first step in dealing with anxiety is to try to understand what causes it.

By the way, there's nothing wrong with being introverted. You should just be comfortable with your own personality, and at peace with it, and not try to be something you are not.

[Livehappily]

Hey Billy. Welcome to the forum. What do you think triggers your anxiety? You say it sometimes happens when you meet other people. What is it about meeting people that can make you anxious? Sometimes the first step in dealing with anxiety is to try to understand what causes it.

By the way, there's nothing wrong with being introverted. You should just be comfortable with your own personality, and at peace with it, and not try to be something you are not.

Hey, thanks a lot for the reply :D well, I don't really know what triggers my anxiety. But I guess, group of kids (when they hangout together) my age that I don't know(not my friends) or I don't know. It's pretty hard to find out, because it happens randomly.

Oh yeah, about the introvert thingy, what I mean is that I prefer to stay home rather than hanging out with friends :) and yeah, I have no problem with that, being myself is cool (at least its more comfortable), and pretending/forcing to be other person is what a jerk does :p

I used to have problem keeping my heads up when walking in public places, but I managed to solve it :)

Have a nice day.

[superchick22684]

Welcome Billy. I'm also fairly introverted. Just wondering, do you have the tendency to be really hard on yourself before the drop in self esteem? If so try not to be so hard on yourself. Its pretty likely that when you are meeting new people they don't notice how anxious you are, sometimes they may be distracted by their own nervousness/anxiety. :)

[mrslizzyg]

Welcome Billy! Glad to have you.

I actually consider myself to be fairly extroverted, but I still get nervous around new people, especially at first. The anxiety from that sucks! I have just been trying to do better at being myself. If they like me, great. If not.. I have plenty of friends and family who do so, I'm better off without them, anyways. :)
It seems like you get that, though!

We are all pretty friendly and some of us kind of weird here. I like to hang out on this forum when I'm having anxiety and don't feel like being around other people.. they are my friends here!

-Lindsey

[Livehappily]

Welcome Billy. I'm also fairly introverted. Just wondering, do you have the tendency to be really hard on yourself before the drop in self esteem? If so try not to be so hard on yourself. Its pretty likely that when you are meeting new people they don't notice how anxious you are, sometimes they may be distracted by their own nervousness/anxiety. :)

That's actually kinda true. Just before the drop I fell hard on myself for no reason, and occurs randomly. Idk why.. And when it happens I suddenly feel shy(not sure if its really shy, like unwilling+afraid) to talk to other people including my close friends and even gf :p

[Livehappily]

Welcome Billy! Glad to have you.

I actually consider myself to be fairly extroverted, but I still get nervous around new people, especially at first. The anxiety from that sucks! I have just been trying to do better at being myself. If they like me, great. If not.. I have plenty of friends and family who do so, I'm better off without them, anyways. :)
It seems like you get that, though!

We are all pretty friendly and some of us kind of weird here. I like to hang out on this forum when I'm having anxiety and don't feel like being around other people.. they are my friends here!

-Lindsey
Wow,thats surprising. I never knew extroverts having this anxiety, but anyway, I'm feeling the same for this forum too... I hardly find a person to talk about this problem. Because seems like they don't know how it feels.. My family is religious (a bit extreme) and if I talk to them, especially my mom, she will just say like "u must pray more" lol. which is kinda annoying.
I'm seeking for a treatment for this, but I don't want to let my family know, maybe you can recomend me a treatment methods (other than drugs, and exercise ) because I exercise a lot, and yeah.. Still having this problem :)

[dancingsunflowers80]

Hi Billy! Thanks for sharing your story. Praying that you find relief here by knowing that you aren't alone. It's great that you recognize these issues so you can do your best to improve the things that you struggle with. Being 15 can be a challenging age, so hang in there and seek out guidance from other sources too - do you have a mentor, parent, pastor you could talk to on a regular basis? Blessings!

mommato2lilmonkeys

[mrslizzyg]

I totally get the religion thing. I was Mormon for 4 years until going inactive, it seemed they always would tell me praying more or getting more involved in the church would help.. but it didn't. I get that maybe that works for some people but def. not for me. It hard when people think you can just "get over it."

Exercise is important like you noted, so it nutrition.. eating right and even eating organic if you can. I'm not the best to give advice for "treatment", because medications hate me and I tried some therapy but no CBT. I just try to keep my mind busy..,

[Livehappily]

Hi Billy! Thanks for sharing your story. Praying that you find relief here by knowing that you aren't alone. It's great that you recognize these issues so you can do your best to improve the things that you struggle with. Being 15 can be a challenging age, so hang in there and seek out guidance from other sources too - do you have a mentor, parent, pastor you could talk to on a regular basis? Blessings!

mommato2lilmonkeys
Hey, thanks for replying. NO! not meant to be rude but i dont believe in religion thing anymore or god or anything etc after all he have given to me like this disease