Since this is an old post, I hope the TC is doing better now XDYou are already on the road to overcoming this! My son who is 20 years old was diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, OCD, and social anxiety at the age of 15. His social anxiety was terrible. He could not attend school, family functions, or even check the mail. At the age of 19, he decided to stop taking meds. It was a long hard road, but he is doing so much better! We did little things like take short walks together, go to the animal shelter, go to the museum, etc. to build his self-confidence.
His self-esteem has risen and his moods have improved!
Hang in there, you can do this!
True, hence we gotta work together and help each other push forth. That's why we're here tooAs @HappyBread said, it's more about managing social anxiety, rather then really overcoming it and being cured. Of course it's different for everyone and some people might experience social anxiety as a result of traumatic experiences or in a low episode in live.
Therefore the outcome of therapy and/or meds can be different, depending on the triggers.
Maybe there's something in your life that's causing you to be turning back?I am wondering how the outcome will be from my therapy. I start at the end of this month. Although I did have therapy twenty years ago, it seemed to help but I keep having relapses and slipping backwards again.
It is normal when someone has been through abuse since childhood to have relapses throughout their lives. I was in Egypt throughout the revolution and was run off the street by a car like you see them doing on the news lately. I was also indoctrinated that I wasn't safe if I go outside, that along with the fact that I am a devil and the rest of it.True, hence we gotta work together and help each other push forth. That's why we're here too
Maybe there's something in your life that's causing you to be turning back?
A lifestyle habit, attitude or perhaps even someone in your life that's the cause of it? Gotta narrow down the possible causes and find the exact root to your relapses if we wanna try to keep it at bay better.
Have you thought about the possible causes before?