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Originally posted by More Booze
Yeah, many people got these syndromes.
I got social phobia. Its not that I cant go out and do things. I got alot of friends and go to partys and so on.
Its just that I feel I get judged by everyone so I always have to try to adjust myself to the people that is around me. I hate being around alot of people. But at the same time,
I would love to be around them, if I only could.
This is a really a HUGE limit to my life. (it would be a huge limit to everyones lifes)
Like education and so on... I did quit school 2 years earlier.
Alot of people in the world suffer from this, I think its 2-3%. Its many people if you think of it.
Many people say, "come on! just dont care about it!"
Well, I try to do it, I really try but I cant.
I would love to live an "normal" life, but I cant. 
Some of your friends can suffer from this without that you know about it.
Even my family does not know that I got this shit...
Btw. This is the first time I talk about it, feels kinda good. 
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I had that as a kid, I would be abnormally shy even though I really wasnt - it just felt like I couldnt say something - I had nothing to add, wasnt interested etc etc.
Now, since 5-7 years or so its the other way around, I finally feel like I am myself thanks to medication and alot of practice. The most disturbing thing was the frustration, "being able" but yet handicapped. I also think that panic disorders has its roots in these kind of things, being constrained in your everyday life just because you are "shy" is utterly frustrating and stressfull.