I have Social Anxiety Disorder? How do I get cured?

I had SAD and still do a bit. I'm now on antidepressants. They're just amazing they make me feel normal and so much more confident. I recommend asking your doctor about them and get a prescription.

What you lack is confidence. There are medications that can make you feel less "shaky" but when do you stop taking them? A year? Two? The rest of your life? I think you need to get physically active. Don't pressure yourself to be perfect. Even if you find a quiet place to work out, even if it's Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVDs in your bedroom while your mom is at the grocery store. Something to kickstart you into gaining some physical confidence, something challenging. That's step one. Then get involved in an activity with other people, something challenging, either a team sport or one that is "team" but more individually driven, like track& field or cross country. Don't worry about how well you do or don't do, just do it to build some confidence and to learn not to live and die by what others think of you. Set your own goals, make them realistic, and slowly move the bar higher, incrementally. Extroversion is the opposite of introversion, and can't be changed forever but you can be in a situation long enough where you may need to be more extroverted and you can begin to lean that way more, but not fundamentally change that you're an introvert. Shyness is the opposite of confidence, and even extroverts can be shy sometimes, although I think introverts are more prone. We introverts live in a society filled with extroverts, blurting out this and that, sometimes fairly good with thinking on their feet. We need to accept that we are not them, and also that our thought process, while not as rapid-fire, does yield some very important ideas as well. There is a place for well-thought out answers along with the rapid-fire. We may need to take a day to think something through and we just need to have that answer ready to blurt out from time to time. Relax, being confident and being young and introverted don't always go together. You will mature, you will gain confidence as you succeed in life (and even from learning that failure isn't the end of the road either) and become less shy and fearful of situations and more aware of your own identity. The worst thing you can do is purposely avoid challenges out of fear.

Try this: Cut out stimulants (cigarettes, coffee, refined sugar, chocolate). Get some sort of fish oil or flax oil in your diet. These things seem to be some of the best dietary things you can do. CBT is supposedly a great therapy, and the more experimental 'self regulation therapy'. Google them.

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