Have you ever suffered from a general fear of strangers? What did/do you do? Read on for more info. [more inside]
posted by humblepigeon on Aug 25, 2009 - 15 answers

I use to self-medicate with marijuana for my social-anxiety and low-level depression...can that fact be used to direct me towards a specific antidepressant? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 3, 2009 - 13 answers

Please help me become a better person. Tales of shame, guilt and lies follow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 21, 2008 - 15 answers

Therapy or bootstraps? I have no friends beyond immediate family and online acquaintances. I can't clean house or do my home-based job because I get distracted -- by surfing the Net, even though it gets boring and I get less and less pleasure from it, by eating, by walking around the house, or by doing anything but the productive work I know I need to do to be happy. I have a very difficult time even reading a complete book, and I have always been an avid reader. And I have almost completely starved the creative part of myself. I have almost nothing to show for my life over the past twenty years. [more inside]
posted by rosemere on Apr 2, 2007 - 19 answers

How do you overcome extreme shyness?
posted by adampsyche on Oct 15, 2004 - 38 answers