It affects my bladder, especially, when I have the panic attack. I have lost friends and have trouble making and keeping new ones because of it. As a result, my self-esteem is now a big cause and trigger of it. I have not heard of anyone else like me yet. Where can I meet people like me who also have anxiety? I think it would help if I met people so I didn’t feel so alone…Btw, has anyone tried hypnosis?

Is there any sites where can download meditation mp3s or hypnosis for anxiety aggression stress anger.
Free of course

I have suffered from mild autism and severe social anxiety all my life and I am now a senior in a very strict Kansas High School. My school attendance is rather horrid and I fear that I am beginning to jeopardized my future. I have been seeing a psychologist for 7 months now, which seems to be a waste of both our time because I feel no change. I was assigned different medications for a couple of months but the results caused more damage than good. As of now, my only coping skill is to swing myself into a self hypnosis, which only works for a day or two. I want to go to college and make something of myself, I have a passion for meteorology yet I feel afraid to succeed into the harsh and stressful real world. I don’t want to swing every other day just to feel temporally capable and anxiety free. I have been living a friendless and pathetic life for far too long and I want a change. Are there others out there with similar problems?

I have suffered from social anxiety and depression for 3/4 years and got help about a year ago. I started to write a lot on yahoo a few months ago because the conseller i went to couldn’t help, she was very understanding but the techniques didn’t work. A lot of people have tried to give me advice on yahoo, and although I am very grateful they didn’t work. No medication worked for me, prosac failed to do anything and just made it worse. I do keep up with cognitive behavioral therapy but it still hasn’t worked and i actually feel worse since starting it 6 months ago. All the techqniues i have used either didn’t work or worked for a tiny bit before giving me a huge low the next day, which makes me wish i had never been born, it sounds pathetic as nothing else is going on in my life thats particularly wrong (its just a lot of small things, although a few have affected me worse then others) but i can’t help feeling like that, whenever someone tells me to be happy for what i have and to stop being so selfish, i try but i often feel worse. I know its a selfish thought to go on about how anious and depressed i am but the feeling just won’t go away and i hate living like this, i am anxious literally 24/7 and i forgot what it feels like to be more relaxed and happy, even for a second. I have almost got to feel a second of no anxiety with some technqiues such as CBT but these have been for under a second. I don’t know why it isn’t working but it just doesn’t stick even though i practice CBT every day. Relaxation techiques don’t work and nor does hypnosis because im too anxious when they happen,so i can never be relaxed, im always to anxious to last for more then a second. Hypnosis makes me feel a little better during, even though i am still very anxious, but fails completely afterwards, i feel the same or worse.

So i hope this gives anyone reading this a good picture about my situation so does anyone know if anxiety can be incurable? If it is i will stop trying to reduce the anxiety and try and live with it rather then getting even more anxious about it not going away. Also please no religious comments as I am not religious, i just point this out because every post their is a religious one but these can’t answer my question. No offense to anyone who is religious, its just not for me.
Lastly, i always do try and get involved in social activities its not like i hide away but getting involved in them hasn’t made me feel better i feel worse. Again i don’t know why this happens.

I’m pretty sure I have Social Anxiety Disorder. I don’t have the money to get a proper diagnosis, but it can’t possibly be anything else. It makes life…existence…a nightmare. How can I get rid of the fear of being around people? Is there a drug that can do this, without making me dopey? Or, is there some self-hypnosis that can help?

Whats a good medication to take to completely cure you of social anxiety? That will not make you drowsy during the day. And that acutally works. The one I currently take makes me tired and I still feel nervous in social settings. It also makes me sweat really bad. Which can be embarrassing. I currently take Alprazolam 1.25mg, and I’ve also tried Paxil doesn’t work for me. One of my customers tried hypnosis and she said it worked really well for her. What do you think?

I’m 16, i’ve been suffering with social anxiety ever since I could remember. I’m tired of it and am willing to spend some cash on a hypnotherapist to get rid of it.

What I expect from hypnosis is being able to communicate w/ people without caring about what they think and breaking the walls and barriers disabling me to speak up, those w/ social anxiety know what i’m talking about. Please don’t tell me just to “do it” because you don’t know how hard it is if you don’t have social anxiety.

Would that happen if I see a therapist for social anxiety? Does it actually work? Will I see a dramatic change in my personality? And how much would it cost?

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Everything that interests me professionaly and privately is hindered by my subconscious fear of public speaking. My heartrate gets out of control making it impossible to talk. Would anyone recommend for or against hypnosis in this case?

Im talking professional hypnotist for this mental condition. i heard it and it seemed to make sense.

Any1 here been hypnotized before for same or related reason?

are there hypnotists working in hospitals?