Thanks a lot for taking the time to reply. I am going to try and do more exercise and see if this helps - anything is worth a try. I will look into some of the other ideas also on the net.

My doctor diagnosed me as having agoraphobia coupled with social anxiety.. I'm told the two often go hand-in-hand. For me, I have "mini freak-outs" (what the typical psychiatrist would call a panic...

After all, I know a lot of people who are under a lot of stress.

Yes it gets that way but it does end .

It's a shame -- our families should love and support us. When they don't -- we blame ourselves. It's the root of self-hatred. It goes back to very early childhood, and the pattern repeats and repeats.

So usually I hide behind a smile and I made myself out to be the "clown"

I have this problem, I am also unemployed. My friends have moved on with their careers or families. I live in a big city, but it's still hard to meet friends as I have anxiety.

could be completely wrong but I've seen the exact same thing with my mother and her brothers as well as a few acquaintances... and I've been stuck in a similar mentality myself. It is depressing to...

No no no, it is not that you deserve such treatment! Challenges are our school. When we feel as you do, it's just that you don't happen to be at recess! Take each person / situation causing you...