you can select 0, really   (Fri Jun 27 7:32 2008)

Situation Fear Avoidance   (Fri Jun 27 7:31 2008)

in my humble opinion you are taking that test wrong. human that has above 95 points in that test wouldnt go out of his own home, he would fear ppl at sight, he would fear what they would think about him... just pure paranoia... ask yourself do you really have much to do with VERY SERVE PHOBIA... i dont think so...
i think that you are not frank and check higher levels that have place in truth...   (Fri Jun 27 7:30 2008)

129 points. That's great...It's just ironic that I don't have a fear of anything but the acceptance of people. Well I feel more useless after taking this test. And whoever mentioned perfectionism relating to social phobia, I entirely agree.    (Wed Jun 25 20:04 2008)

68 points. I thought it would be worse than that. But, like some of you, mine is situational. I absolutely HATE talking on the phone and speaking to authority figures. For some of the other stuff, I can be okay.    (Sun Jun 22 19:53 2008)

119? Wow. What a coward.   (Wed Jun 18 20:13 2008)

79 points. Mine is highly situational though. Writing and presenting don't bother me because it is a big part of what I do professionally. But man.. talking to people I don't know or going to parties.. forget it.   (Sun Jun 8 0:11 2008)

115pts.

Kolejny polak ze zrytą psychiką.   (Wed May 21 1:58 2008)

118

I'm a complete waste.   (Wed May 14 23:10 2008)

score=44 I think symptoms of social phobia are changing when external cues interact.. for example mood,self-image and confidence in a particular time.In my situation im socially anxious when I feel im not perfect in physical appearance.I think social phobia is related with perfectionism. what is your opinion?   (Wed May 14 22:34 2008)

I scored 46. However, it depends on the situation. Thanks sarah08 for your input. I remember when I was in highschool one of my friends said I was afraid of people.
The past 5 yrs has been the worst for me as I was in an abusive relationship. Why is it stuff like that snowballs, One person steps on you then so many others, so very very harsh. it has actually amazed me.
I'm not Polish!:D
And how to quit smoking.....   (Sun May 4 8:35 2008)

Well, surprisingly I scored 64 moderate social phobia and I was expecting to score higher. I guess I should be happy I didn't score higher.

Eventhough, I didn't score as high as high as I thought, I still would like some help with dealing with this problem.

I hope you all get over this problem and are able to live the lives you want!

cheers,
fierce foxy fire   (Sat Apr 26 19:16 2008)

I've noticed when I'm not hungry, tired, isolating and at least talking to my dog I'm not quite as introverted as I think I am. Physical exercise helps me a great deal as does building communicative relationships. But I have a long, long way to go! A lot of times just having the initative to get going is half the battle, ya know??   (Sat Apr 26 18:23 2008)

Kind of funny...my score was 107, and I've known that I have social phobia since the eighth grade. But when I finished the test I immidiatly started worrying that someone might see it, or that it might come up with 0 and I actually don't have social phobia. So I was having social phobia over a social phobia test. Ironic. But anyways I was diagnosed when I was 12, along with severe depression and some other mental disorders, but I've "graduated" out of all of those but social phobia. One note to people is actually leave the social phobia behind and tackle other problems, then slowly start to come back to it. I did, and without depression, and a dehibilitating fear of dogs, and other things, tackling social phobia comes much easier. A lot of diseases stick to social phobia, too, so watch out for them. Depression, obviously, but also eating disorders, insomnia, substance abuse and other severe fears (like mine used to be dogs, large, emtpy rooms, and a few others.)   (Tue Apr 22 0:31 2008)

Well, I got only 69 points a moment ago. It's pretty fine. I believe it is happening due to the recent medication.

Nevertheless, hope it continues still.

I am very, very happy that so many Polish people write here recently. Are there any other Slavonic people? If so, then come on, write your own comments! :D

Glory to Poland, eternal shame to all Its enemies and miserable slanderers!

Pozdrawiam wszystkich polskich fobików - i wszystkich innych też! Wesołych Świąt! Happy Easter! :D   (Sat Mar 22 6:35 2008)

The score depends on my mood. 90-100.
Pozdrawiam wszystkich Polaków, szczególnie tych piszących na phobiasocialis.fora.pl!
Hey, are there any phobics in other parts of the world? Pozdrawiam all of you too:)!   (Wed Mar 19 12:49 2008)

Oh my God! 115pkt
Pozdr. dla wszystkich fobików z Polski;)   (Sun Mar 16 12:23 2008)

I'am only seventeen and I got 124
60 (fear) + 64 (avoidance) = 124
Demn! I need help.


Dominik
Poland


   (Tue Mar 11 8:40 2008)

I only scored a 25====but I only avoid social situations when my anxiety is bothering me========social situations DONT cause me anxiety======my anxiety is unfounded fear of nothing LMAO-------it seems funny to me that I have anxiety. and since I am in denial of it-----i refuse to go to the doctor for meds======I was on paxil for 3 years and it didnt help and caused a million side effects
   (Sat Mar 8 22:30 2008)

Oh 127, I am terribly shy! WHY?!

Pozdrowienia dla fobików z Polski !   (Mon Mar 3 17:01 2008)

I agree it is difficult to shake this feeling of self-consciousness. I have it as long as I can remember, but I don't give up I still keep truckin along. I wish as much for myself as I do for others to get over this. It is painful to feel this way. and no one should feel ashamed of who they are. Sometimes I feel b/c of having social anxiety, I am not worthy enough to have friends; it's wrong to feel this way and I replace those thoughts b/c it's not healthy to think that way and it is not the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. You need to keep repeating yourself that you are ok just the way you are and love yourself and to not care what others think of you. (I know it's easier said than done. Think that you will survive, if so and so doesn't like you, and don't think I will never have friends or I can't survive without them. Have faith in yourself. I used to be so much worse, to the point of being suicidal but I did a lot of work on myself, I read many self-help books, went to counseling and take medicine. I live a normal life now. Don't let anyone tell you your not good enough and let your past rejections go and don't let it become your identity. You can't control what other ppl think and you have no idea what they are thinking. You may be freaking out b/c you think they think you are boring, weird, or etc, and in reality they are thinking about some problem they are trying to deal with. I feel your pain. But I believe in each and one of you. Everyone has something special to offer, don't hide it!!!! I wish the best for all of you, and please never give up.   (Wed Feb 20 8:33 2008)

I am amazed to see all these polish ppl on this site. I speak polish on a regular basis, however I cannont write in polish.   (Wed Feb 20 8:11 2008)

mam 125 o.0    (Fri Jan 25 7:16 2008)

Well, normally I had been getting about 105, now it's "only" 81... Hope it continues still, however.

I can see pretty many posts made by Poles here. It's very nice, as I'm a Pole. Vivat Poland! :D

Pozdrawiam wszystkich Polaków-fobików! :)   (Sun Jan 20 7:48 2008)

Your score:
43 (fear) + 49 (avoidance) = 92

Well, I need to see a doctor, I guess... maybe some day.   (Sun Jan 13 21:55 2008)

I got a 99 I guess that means I passed:) I'm not surprised at all with my score.   (Tue Jan 8 13:10 2008)

Your score:
57 (fear) + 57 (avoidance) = 114

This was My Score.
   (Sat Jan 5 23:23 2008)

My score is 61 but i don't really think that social phobia is my bigest problem and i never was even thinking about such possibility i can have it, since i am depresive anorectic borderline with strong neurosis in addition and many more :/
i love being among people even they hurt me and i hate them
mainly i get in panic leavin' alone, but in the same time i am afraid to be too close

stupid life maybe next gonna be better ;))

   (Sun Dec 23 5:07 2007)

That's what I want to know. My score was a 94. I didn't think it was that bad but thnking about it, it IS that bad. If I do have social anxiety disorder, I seem to progresses(in a good way) from it. It was worse in my high/middle school years. I was afraid of stupid things like getting more than 1 piercing in my ears, wearing any type of earrings, even tiny baby studs(CAN U BELEIVE THAT?) and lettiong my hair down. Now I;m fine(for the most part)with all those things-I have 4 peircings in each ear, wear studs sometimes dangles and let my hair down occasionally-Sometimes I don't cuz it doesn't look PERFECT that day and sometimes I just don't care. Also, I used to not be able to order at resaturants-now I'm mostly independent so my mom can't order for me anymore and I'm 95% fine with ordering. The self conciosness and uneasiness mostly comes into play when interacting with people, mostly people I KNOW. I want to know for sure if it's soc. anx. that I have because I'm so sick of feeling this way. I'm sick of having no friends. I'm sick of having to walk outside in the cold to go somwhere to eat instaed of staying inside on campus to eat because I'm afarid people I know will see me eating alone. If I ate somewhere all by myself where other people are I'd be fine(for the most part.) But if I had to eat near all my classmates alone, knowing that they're all sitting in groups together talking and laughing, it'd be a nightmare. I've done this before and it IS. I just try to eat my food as quickly as possible and go to the library or somewheere else. I'm sick of avoiding eye contact with people I know when walking down the hall-that'the worst. If I was walikng towards a stranger I'd be fine(for the most part) but it's walking down the hall towrds someone I know and meekly saying high or freezing or ignoring them and then feeling GUILTY because of the cold way I act at school. I feel especially self concious around extroverted people-the people that make they're opinions known, more than I do around shy people/introverted. The reason why I don't know 100 % if I have soc. anx. disorder is because I am not self concious at home. I make my opinions known, I'm not shy at all. I''m even aggressive. And I know for fact that I don't have split personality disorder because I research the syptoms awhile ago and it doesn't really match me. But anyway, my situation at home suck-I can't wait till I raise enough $ to move out. I get along w/ my brothers ok though I can be bitchy. I hate my father. My mother, I have problems with her, her parenting etc, but I mostly respect her. I've been taking a sociology class and sometimes wonder if it's not anx. dis. that I have but maybe I've been socialized to be/feel this way. But stiil can that be?-U have no idea how self concious I am-or maybe u do. I recently had an office job. And that has helped me realize i never want another office job again or any type of job where people are friendly I want indiffernce-I'm too self concious to make connections-I don't know what to say.    (Sun Dec 2 16:02 2007)

my score only mth ago was 118...its now 121    (Tue Nov 20 10:42 2007)

ok so I got 120 fear 60 avoidance 60. Aint life grand.    (Tue Nov 6 21:21 2007)

I got 93. It's quite surprising, i didn't think i'm as advanced in my social anxiety disorder.
I have many problems with social behavior and self-presentation since i was in primary school. i'm afraid of humilitating mysefl, being rejected, unaccepted. What scares me? Talking in front of a larger group of people, talking by a phone, meeting new people, speaking up in class, eating in front of people. i have facial blushing as well. i'm stressed all the time.    (Sun Oct 21 9:47 2007)

score 107 - właśnie sie dowiedziałem, dlaczego całe życie jest do dupy - zawsze wszystko sobie jakoś tam "racjonalizowałem", ale to były same kłamstwa. Nawet nie można się zamordować, no bo jak to zrobić żeby nie zostały zwłoki, które ktoś będzie grzebał? No jak?    (Sat Oct 20 14:58 2007)

Wow--87, I wasn't expecting to have Severe social phobia, maybe some, but I didn't think my condition was that bad. Though I am sort of nervous just writing this. I'm glad I found this website; I've never talked to anyone about my anxiety, and I've always just considered myself shy. Though lately I've gotten tired of my situation, and would rather not be so shy, as I find myself without any close friends--actually I'm not sure if one could consider my (few) 'friends' as friends or just acquaintances. But anyways, I've read some of the notes posted here, and I am surprised at how many people have the same sort of feelings as me.
I find that in social situations I tend not to associate with anyone because of some sort of fear, or if someone tries to talk to me, I don't know what to say, and so I end up saying very little and somewhat wishing that they'd not notice me anymore, but then there's the rub--that's why I have so few friends (I think), and I hate that I let the opportunity pass by--but I really don't know how to have a conversation. Even with my family I say very little. I've been this shy since I was in grade school. I have a lot of talents, but this one thing keeps holding me back. However, I would rather not think of myself as having some disorder, or take medication, and I'm afraid to seek professional help. Hopefully things will change somehow.
--Thanks for letting me unload this stuff.    (Wed Oct 3 21:30 2007)

Your score:
48 (fear) + 49 (avoidance) = 97

No cóż, to całe moje życie, choć przerywane coraz częstszymi okresami radości i satysfakcji z własnych osiągnięć.   (Wed Oct 3 15:08 2007)

42 (fear) + 36 (avoidance) = 78

Often, people would never guess that I have a social phobia. They think I'm a strong, tough person. I have a job in which I sometimes have to speak on the phone and explain certain items to the person on the other end and I try to avoid it. I often have such a hard time speaking over the phone to them and explaining things and I feel they must think I am sooo stupid. I start to stumble over my words, which only heightens the anxiety I'm feeling. And then I usually DO end up doing or saying something stupid, because I'm at such a loss for words. It all makes me terribly depressed and I berate myself for days after over being so d*mn stupid. Again, no-one would EVER in a million years think that I really feel like this. To my co-workers, I come off as a tough, loudmouth with a witty sense of humour. But...I use this humour to distract others from my total lack of self-confidence.
It's all terribly depressing. I feel like I'm fighting myself most of the time, which is also terribly exhausting. Even just going for a walk to get away from these thoughts doesn't work, because "wherever you go, there you are." I'm at the end of my rope. I figured that I'd get over this as I got older. It seems to be getting worse!!!   (Mon Oct 1 17:10 2007)

106.... oh joy   (Tue Sep 25 1:44 2007)

does NOT relate to what I feel.   (Sat Jul 21 0:16 2007)

Well my score was only 30. But I probably should have checked more. Mostly, it DIDN'T ask things that drive me nuts, like removing my shirt. It aint a gonna happen. And I only marked occasionally avoid parties, but I avoid them so much, now I don't get invited, so I only have to occasionally avoid them. Or meeting strangers- its depends. Sometimes no problem, other times No Way. And I will not even discuss urinals. This stuff freaks me just typing about it. So, i think my number does relates to what i feel.   (Sat Jul 21 0:15 2007)

This is my score:
63 (fear) + 57 (avoidance) = 120 :(

I am from Poland. Pozdrawiam wszystkich z Polski!   (Wed Jul 18 8:18 2007)

Okay i got 46, but im sure i feared to choose some questions "3" or "2". Because they hurt my self esteem. God, i even did not know some of the situations in test signals social phobia... :)

My problem is, not talking so much. And the reason is not "fear", it is completely depends to my low creativity. I am out of artistic sense, humor sense etc... Im very logical person, very rigid. So, i cant establish a good relationships with people. My IQ may be high, but EQ is terrible.

And because not establishing good relationships, it makes me in category of social phobia. why? because the people around you are still strangers to you, so you are in the level of "new meeted friends" statue, and therefore, my "randomly speaking" skill could not be developed.

Does alcohol help me? Can it activates some of the motor speaking areas in my brain? if not, is there anytingh that can activate my speaking? in chemical? natural? :) since i am muslim, i have never drunk an alcohol, but if it is useable in this problem, i would use it.

send me special messsage; per_fix@hotmail.com
add me to ur msn.   (Mon Jun 18 7:07 2007)

DOES ANXIETY PREVENT YOU FROM:

- Giving presentations at work?
- Speaking up at meetings?
- Talking to people in authority?
- Going to parties?
- Eating or drinking in public?
- Being the centre of attention?

If your answer is yes and you are between 18 and 40-years-old, you may be eligible for a research study that will evaluate the effects of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy on physiology in people who suffer from social anxiety disorder. The study is being conducted at the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (www.imhr.ca). If interested please call 613-798-2995, mailbox 1 and leave a message with your name and phone number.

The University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research is located at the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, a specialized mental health facility for the residents of Northeastern Ontario. All queries are strictly confidential. This research protocol has been reviewed by the ROHCG Research Ethics Board.
   (Fri Jun 1 9:11 2007)

Hi people,

I've recently found a portal for the socially anxious people. It's in Polish, but never mind if anyone else want to visit it:

http://www.phobiasocialis.fora.pl/index.php

Feel free to write there, it's fine.

Zapraszam na ten portal. To dobra strona.

Cheers/Pozdrawiam!   (Sat May 26 7:33 2007)

Guys, I suffered with social anxiety for 5 years and I know
that the ultimate faux pas is to discuss your condition
constantly with others. It is curable but by discussing it
you are confirming to yourselves that you still have the
disorder (not condusive with recovery) two things that
helped me recover were (1) the Linden method. type it in
google and charles Linden's site will pop up. the guy has
helped many people with all sorts of anxiety disorders to
become anxiety free. If that isn't enough try a good
therapist who specialises in anxiety disorders. I paid
around £35 per hour but was worth every penny. You
simply cannot put a price on recovery. You can all be free
of anxiety. It's not a mental illness as such it's a
subconcious and natural defence mechanism that your
body has adopted to respond innapropriately to normal
everyday situations. Cave men found the anxiety response
essential to survival and it still is essential for survival you
just need to learn and use techniques to reset the
response to react normally to anxiety provoking
situations. Hope this has been of some help, but please
take what I said at the beginnig on board. constantly
discussing your condition is only confirming to your
subconcious that you have anxiety and therefore you
enter a vicious and repetetive cycle. It can be cured, i'm
living proof. Good luck!    (Sat May 19 14:49 2007)

This is my first time on this site, but it seems like it would be helpful to see other people's stories. It's a little bit tough for me because I was never bullied, and I've always been the "popular kid" The hardest part for me is when people actually get to know me. It's like I'm hiding a secret that I don't want anyone to know about. Everyone is always so SHOCKED to find out that I can't make phone calls or answer the door when the delivery guy comes.It's like their whole perception of me changes.
My fear is that I need some kind of help in dealing wih this, but I am unable to actually call a doctor for an appointment. Worse yet, thinking about actually DOING "normal" things scares me. People will say, "there's medication for that". Does anyone else feel so scared of doing things that you are unable to take that first step? I get anxiety thinking about NOT avoiding these things!   (Thu May 17 1:38 2007)

137   (Sun May 13 15:59 2007)

Hi I'm new. I'm shocked at my score. I felt really positive today.
I've always had difficulty interacting with other people, even at preschool. I was bullied a lot at school, a lot. And by teachers too. If I could go back in time, I'd stamp on them, I really would, with my steel heeled New Rocks.
I probably wouldn't, actually.
It got worse after my third year at high school, to the point where I can't even talk to most of my family at all, they are like strangers to me. I clam up and can't think.

I just don't understand why it doesn't get any better no matter how much I try. High school and bullying are so far off in my past.

Also, its strange that I can write this, but find it amazingly difficult to write an email at work!   (Sun Apr 22 15:07 2007)

It's hard to know if I am being honest on this survey, because when I put myself in these situations, I picture myself with some sort of buzz on, and that obviously has gotten me through the last 15 years of my life. Social anxiety? Who knows. That is scary. Good luck to all of you:)   (Mon Apr 16 19:52 2007)

i got 76, i think i have had this problem my whole life but now i'm starting to realize it. i don't really know what to do or who to talk to. im scared to get help. i need to open up but i don't know how..the few ppl i do hang with i feel like i have nothin in common with, or im inferior in someway.   (Fri Apr 13 0:44 2007)

So, I was expecting that, but I still don't know what to do about it. I have no idea who to talk to and how to get rid of it. I'm always anxious and depressed and when I try talking about it, my friends tell me I'm a hypochondriac. Does anyone else have this thing about eating? Like right now, I'm so hungry but I don't eat in front of people if I can help it and my roommate and her mom are in the kitchen. Someone please help me with this.   (Thu Apr 12 18:57 2007)