Social panic Puns

i know the feeling of a panic attack since i had experiences before with claustrophobia, but i never felt like that during social situations. I do get physical symptoms like shaking, a trembling voice, stomach problems and my heart starts beating faster. But i never had that feeling of impending doom, nausea, shortness of breath etc.

yet it still affects my entire life. I cannot ever casually interact with someone, i try to avoid everything that involves social contact even if it would be beneficial for me

i'm 17 and cannot see any reality in which i get a job soon

Hello and happy holidays r/teachers community,

I'm writing in response to the December 17 national school shooting rumors.

Leading up to December 17, I saw one or two mentions in random online spaces of this TikTok "challenge." After it reached r/teachers, I saw an explosion of attention toward it. I watched in real time as our sub was flooded with activity about this rumored challenge. After that, I saw reports of school districts mass emailing their own communities about this, and even a handful interrupting instruction because of these rumors (not to be confused with interrupting instruction for actual threats received--that is different). At no point, including discussion in our community, did I see any substantiation of these nationwide threats. I saw no one post any TikTok videos or other evidence that such a challenge was actually being acted upon. Every thread I saw in our community was in response to unsubstantiated rumors that the OP could not elaborate on. If it started on TikTok, where is the video? Where are the posts?

I was left wondering what role our community had in spreading these unsubstantiated rumors. In the time I've been a moderator here (older account), our sub has quintupled in size from 60k members to almost 300k. If we are not the largest teacher community online, we are certainly one of the largest. This means we potentially have enormous--although unorganized--influence over national discussion of public education issues. How many of our members at r/teachers reached out to their administrators based on the panic occurring here, for example?

In the future, the mod team will be using our discretion to limit and regulate discussion on social media rumors. We're not implementing a rule, but we want the community to be aware that we acknowledge the potential influence our community has nationwide. So here is what the r/teachers community can expect in the future regarding social media panic:

• We're not outright banning discussion. Continue as you have before. We know there is a need to freely discuss how social media impacts the teaching profession.
• If we notice a communal panic developing about unsubstantiated social media rumors, we will intervene. Determining the tipping point is up to our discretion as moderators, and we'll be transparent about it.
• Intervention might include locking posts/comments, deleting posts/comments, and limiting discussion to a sticky thread.
• Bans and other consequences are not being

My psychiatrist prescribed me lamotrigine for panic attacks and social anxiety. I started yesterday with 50mg and supposed to meet him in 2 weeks. I read online and found out it’s for bipolar disorder but I don’t have a bipolar disorder. Does it work for my problem mentioned in the title or not as good. Thank you

I'll edit this to explain after I get results

I found out I may just be on the spectrum. I say inappropriate things, I don't know how to communicate well.

I can be very superficial with conversations, but starting and continuing talking is very difficult for me. I'm just not sure how to behave, so I typically keep quiet these days unless what I have to say is actually relatable.

Due to prior history and interactions, I fear future interactions with others, so more recently I've avoided them.

2 years ago I had a sudden moment of panic which - very long and painful story short - spiralled into a long period of intrusive thoughts among all the other scary symptoms. It took some time, but through acceptance and leaving my thoughts alone, continuing with my day and allowing the scary thoughts and symptoms to wash through me I am back to my full self but with more confidence this time. I owe a lot of my recovery to a book and I wanted to recommend to anyone else suffering or working to get their confidence back. It's not your typical cheesy self help book - it's based on really practical approaches to break free from the needless anxiety both physical and mental. Here's the link, they also have a great Instagram account too, hope it helps you as much as it helped me back to full recovery: https://bit.ly/3tDaQSf

I have been fighting with it since long time . I don't know how many streaks I lost . I am 25 , got a bachelor degree in engineering ,started a business and suffered loss due to covid .No jobs till now ,living with parents. Because of this addiction I lost my love . I treated her for granted ,we had 5 years long relationship . Now after 2 years,she is about to get marry , recently I met her 3 times ,we are in contact.But because of my constant nagging she got tired , so I stop talking with her since 14 days ago but still I watch her social media.I know it's late ,she even told me to move on. I wish I could say to her that because of this addiction I lost her .

I want to improve my life , I want to be someone who is proud of himself. Usually ,First week after relapse is usually great ,at that time I have a drive to do anything and also put myself in action.But things get very hard after that ,the only thing I do is procrastinate. And inorder to do things I have to plan it in my mind first ,I just want to do for God sake.

I have read books like 'your brain on porn'. I know about the withdrawal symptoms ,I also know it takes long time to overcome from it . But still I don't know how to cope with this. Now the situation is like :

1. Empty pockets and no job - ☑️
2. Social anxiety-☑️
3. Depression-☑️
4. Low self-esteem-☑️
5. No motivation to do things-☑️
6. Missing ex gf and wasting all day checking her social media(cursing yourself for what you did )and wanna kill yourself knowing she is about to get marry and don't know how to react-☑️
7. Have tonnes of responsibility being a only child but ignoring all -☑️
8. Have plans but don't have a drive to fullfil it even though tried many times-☑️

(I never did anything wrong to her ,never scold her it's just that I lost interest on her now I realize it's because of porn, I just stop calling her frequently and she realized I lost interest but never asked me why? Why am I acting like this? She never told me look babe we love each other if anything is wrong we should fix it together, let's meet and discuss what's wrong . God I wanted to hear it from her so badly but nope ,I vanished and to my surprise she vanished too. Maybe I am wrong to expect from her .)

I know Its too late . But do this really happen to me at this time , I am on nofap but with all these things I don't know how long can I go,I just want to fap and feel numb again but I know the feeling after that.

I don't wanna give up ,I really don't

So there's this girl I really like at my school who's like the girl of my dreams, but I have barely ever talked to her even tho I have liked her for a while and I can't figure out how I should get to know her and what to do because we only have one class together and we're across the room so we never talk, as of rn I do not have a usable phone and don have the money to replace my old one, and every time I think about making conversation or doing something I always overthink it and panic and end up not doing it and then over think that (I have really bad social anxiety disorder (SAD), to the point where I cannot function in that situation and even the slightest and most random things will make me have panic attacks, just trying to put in perspective my situation on why this is such a struggle for me) but I have been trying to get to know her because I really like her and want to go out with her but I just can't work myself up to doing anything about it or even figure out what I should do, like I have thought just things like offering her gum or asking how her weekend was but I just can't seem to be able to do that without it becoming awkward before I even get to doing it, I mean her and I will make a lot of eye contact during class and yk she'll keep it for a good 15 seconds but I also feel like she could very likely be looking at someone or something else and I Just want to know wtf to do about this because I know that if I don't do something soon then I will never have a chance again, so please if anyone has ANY help or suggestions I would absolutely love to hear them, thank you for your time.

TL;DR -

There's this girl at school who I have liked for a while but haven't really done anything about it because I have very bad social anxiety and I overthing everything to the point where I cannot function, but I really like this girl and I can't figure out what to do or say to her that won't be a disaster and I know if I don't do something soon, I won't ever have a chance again, and I really need some help

I know the events which launched it (the publication of "Michelle Remembers" etc.) but I'm curious as to the social attitudes or historical context of the time which made it the perfect moment for this panic. What was going on in the United States at the time, what social sentiments existed that encouraged the Satanic Panic? Thank you!

Essentially, I didn’t let myself feel anything for years, I just had to get on with it, I had to be my own parents, my own support system, I woke up alone, I said goodnight to myself, I was the one who congratulated myself, I was the one to cheer myself up, I had 7 birthdays alone, I was all I had, and I felt the only option was to “get on with it”.

I felt trapped in there, I felt no sadness just neutral or angry for my entire time there, I made it through, I graduated, but about 2.5 years ago everything surfaced all at once. I started to feel trapped everywhere.

I’ve moved out of the city that caused me that trauma, I’m not friends with anyone I went to school with (I have wonderful friends, just not from school) and I’m on the road to recovery (which I’d love to share more of later) but I just would be really interested if anyone else in this sub went to boarding school and is still dealing with the effects of it?

What else can I do with social anxiety

I’ve been trying to kick PMO for the last few years with little success. It’s caused me more problems/grief than I even know and am only discovering now. After reading the e-z-p-z method I have finally been able to get some serious time up (and perspective). On the other times I would get maybe one or two weeks up; maybe 3 at most and would be feeling all the benefits of good self esteem, more stable/solid and sociable. But when i would slip up and relapse I would binge and think that all my progress was gone bc “I’m on day 0 again” (which is BS imho).

Anyway now I’ve been able to get close to the 90 day reboot with only one (approx 30’minute slip) and frankly, I thought I would be feeling much better than i am currently. I struggle with mental illness (anxiety/depression & OCD) and I can honestly say, I don’t know if I’ve felt quite this anxious/mentally unwell for a long time—if ever. My social confidence and ability for that matter is through the floor and I just want to be alone (despite having to spend time with friends/family around Christmas). Idk mb it’s a hangover effect from the lockdowns or flatline (idk if this relates to non-sexual stuff) OR stuff unrelated to NF PMO addiction stuff, but

TL;DR - can anyone offer any consolation or enlighten me about what’s going on with me? I know I’m just some random on Reddit but I would appreciate any input.

I’ve started exercising/lifting weights and eating healthy. I also have gone back to the religion of my family (Catholicism) and frequently receive the sacraments. I’ve gone back to uni but am currently on break. My gf of ~2 & a bit years (who I was doing NF for in part) we just broke up.

TL;DR2 - idk I think mb I just wanted to vent and see if anyone could offer any more tools or insights on how to persevere in the face of (in my mind) feeling worse than on PMO.

Ive also had chronic insomnia since I was a kid… mb this can be one of my first journal entries on NF and I’ll check in in a few days or weeks.

Happy to clarify anything too.

God bless you guys and thank you :)

I have been dealing with crippling social anxiety and blushing for about 10 years now. Although I always had some low level social anxiety, it was when the blushing started that it really ramped up. It has completely ruined my life and prevented me from achieving so many things I wanted to. So far, I have tried Prozac, Celexa, Cipralex, Effexor, Parnate, Nardil, Ativan, and Propranolol. I have completely lost all hope and fear there is nothing that could help since I've tried so many medications.

Are there any medications or combinations of medications that could help me?

Then I remember we had ours in March!

I’ve been VERY reliant on the internet since I was about 10 years old. It’s my main escape. I have pretty severe panic disorder that I finally have much more under control, but cutting out social media (big coping mechanism for me) could be quite damaging to my progress even though it’d help immensely in the long run. Wondering if anyone had any advice for slowly weaning myself off so as not to trigger my panic disorder to flare up again? I have a lot of hobbies (reading, art, video games) but I just seem to turn to social media because it feels more accessible.

I’m still mortified by this and it’ll haunt me for a while cause a dangerous combo of adhd will never make me forgive myself and constantly think of this 😀

A year ago I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder with early psychosis, social anxiety disorder, panic agoraphobia, and GAD all brought on by stress from my job and spiritual abuse from my church. I left both my job and church. I did exposure therapy for a few months and was able to get a full time job again. I live with my husband. We got married in June of 2020 right in the midst of all this happening to me. I didn’t get on medication until October 2020 after suffering the worst psychotic break (I had 2-3 mild ones before that) and attempted suicide which was traumatic for me in itself because I would never do something like that. I felt forced to do it. I believed it was the only way to end the pain and suffering. I’m a very compassionate, hard worker who loves to give and help other people. After what happened to me the last two years I’m completely different and can’t just will myself to believe in God again and serve him and others. They put me on Abilify and Lexapro while in the hospital. I’ve never been on anything more than ibuprofen my entire life. (I’m 29 now) Both meds made me very sick but then my body adjusted after a few days and I was able to go home. I continued to suffer with mild-severe psychosis as well as depression, anxiety, and agoraphobia. The meds did nothing. The majority of the time I’m having an episode around other people the only thing people say they noticed is that “I got really quiet”. But I become convinced that 1. They’re reading my mind 2. I’m being set up and everyone is just acting 3. I’m talking but not conscious of it. So afraid that I’ve said something that’s offensive or weird but have no memory of saying it. What is that exactly?

Since then and for the past 3 months the only medication I take is PRN benzodiazepine. I only take it maybe once a week (.5 mg). It quiets my thoughts and slows everything down because my thought spirals can send me into a different reality within milliseconds. It also calms my body down. I get IBS and fear shitting my pants. Honestly though I’d rather shit my pants than people know what’s going on in my head.

So, I recently met a person IRL who I really wanted to get to know better - one of those few people who feels "comfortable" even in the midst of my SA, if that makes sense. I literally created an IG account just so I could follow them and sort of keep in touch (I've also sent requests to family members, etc. to hopefully make it less weird). But now I'm panicking because I only have one post on the new account, and no followers, and started following this person's account who I just met...

I'm in panic mode now, and thinking about just deleting the account altogether and forgetting I even followed them. But...is it really that weird or something I should be embarrassed about?

It's such a silly small thing, but it feels like the end of the world. I'd appreciate any thoughts, advice, or similar experiences. I feel so stupid for worrying about it, but also stupid for creating an account just to follow them.

They don’t understand social anxiety is confusing to them

… then, instead, deleting all my apps in a frenzy of self-disgust.

*I know this might come off as self-pitying, but I’m aware my isolation is largely self-chosen (even if my extreme hypersensitivity isn’t) and when all else fails I do try to find humor in my own ridiculousness and the ridiculousness of existing at all.

Still, maybe I should serve as a cautionary tale to you younger people.