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1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2019 08:08:51 EDT neil 🍄

   When I was younger, mid-teens to mid-twenties, I had really debilitating social anxiety disorder (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/social-anxiety/).

   To the point that I often did not want to leave my room. I found it difficult to be in a room with other people, eat in public, stand in line at the supermarket. It really affected my mental health and development of relationships.

   #MentalHealth #SocialAnxiety

   1. neil 🍄 (neil@social.coop)'s status on Saturday, 27-Apr-2019 08:09:30 EDT neil 🍄

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      I still have remnants of it now, in that I'm fairly quiet in social situations and not the most gregarious. But it has mostly gone away, to the point that I can go to events, even do occasional public speaking, and not really worry about it.

      So I guess I wanted to say, if you currently have it, or know someone who does - you can definitely overcome it.

      #MentalHealth #SocialAnxiety