Ive Lost Confidence and gained anxiety, why?

I think it may be the stress of college that is bringing this on. Seriously. School gives me anxiety as well.

Also, it sounds like it could be panic attacks. I understand where you are coming from. I have become a total recluse myself. Mainly due to too much computer usage. For me, my problem is that it is just so much easier to be on the computer than to go out and do real things. I don't know when or how it happened but I have come to use this as a way to avoid interacting with people. When I am not at work I am in front of this thing.

Here is an article in wikipedia about social anxiety. You may have already seen it but I will post it anyway. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anxiety

http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/anxiet...

The worse thing one can do with a condition like this is isolate themselves. In my opinion and my own experience it worsens the effects of the condition. Sorry you are going through this.

I do not suffer from the fearfulness of anxiety. But I do suffer from the uncertainty that it brings. I am avoid going out like I used to. I feel safer in my home.

Well you aren't tooo specific about what you are eating. Roughly how many calories? If you trying to lose weight I would aim for 1200-1500 calories a day. Sometimes you can eat more, you have the right to indulge. Just make it an occasional thing.... like a few times a month. And excersize is really the key to losing weight. It sounds like you've changed your fitness habits lately and have lost some weight so that's good.. its working. But if you want better, faster results your going to have to workout more. Swimming is great! And speed walking is good too.. although running would be ideal. If your not ready to run, you should ease your way into it and once you've shed a little weight try jogging a bit. Whatever excersize you can get it is good, try to get an hour a day. Don't give up! I've been struggling with my weight fluctuating ever since freshman year, and I think Im finally getting it together.

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Something is triggering it maybe the stress from college the environment, a new social setting like college can cause anxiety to people its just takes time to get use to think of it in a way when it was your first day of school in elementary that kind of feeling where kids cry something like that.

Perhaps you had a set back and generalised the effect to other areas of your life. If you build your confidence then your anxiety may decrease;

http://www.wikihow.com/Build-Self-Confidence