ladiesman17
05-04-2010, 12:12 AM
Hi everyone. I am a 20 year old student at an Australian University. I recently started seeing a psychologist about anxiety. The anxiety is brought on by the feeling that my peers are pressuring me to do well and if i don't do well i fear their perception of me. The doctor described this as performance anxiety and social anxiety.
This is affecting my day-to-day living in the following ways:
>I am too afraid to go to uni or even go and buy lunch in a public place. I feel that people will be judging me.
>This is affecting my university corse work progress. and therefore i am falling behind, further fuelling the anxiety involved in attending university classes.
>I will stay in my room for the whole day, skipping classes and meals and then stay up very late each night. The following day i feel too guilty to leave my room again and the cycle continues.
I am hoping to find at least someone who shares the same anxiety experiences to let me know how they deal or plan to deal with their social or performance anxiety.
Thankyou very much.
Mitchell
This is affecting my day-to-day living in the following ways:
>I am too afraid to go to uni or even go and buy lunch in a public place. I feel that people will be judging me.
>This is affecting my university corse work progress. and therefore i am falling behind, further fuelling the anxiety involved in attending university classes.
>I will stay in my room for the whole day, skipping classes and meals and then stay up very late each night. The following day i feel too guilty to leave my room again and the cycle continues.
I am hoping to find at least someone who shares the same anxiety experiences to let me know how they deal or plan to deal with their social or performance anxiety.
Thankyou very much.
Mitchell