My name is jon im 15 and i guess i have social anxiety. i’ve always been very shy when I was younger and never really had any close friends. I went to school knowing I had no friends but I didn’t care because I really loved learning and that was the motivation I had for going. In the beginning of 4th grade I was diagnosed with leukemia (which is a type of cancer) and had to be taken out of school for 2 months. when I returned everyone acted so nice towards me for the rest of 4th and 5th grade and I still really loved school. In 6th grade I switched schools and got bullied ALOT for having cancer. I had no friends in this school and was losing my motivation and passion for learning. I would skip school at least once a week to stay home and do nothing all day. this is when I started to get social anxiety and I would not be able to wake up in the morning because I would be too scared to go back to that school and get judged/bullied by all most everyone. So in 7th grade my mom put me back into my old school, which was even worse. My old “friends” didnt say a word to me when I came back that year. It felt like everyone was avoiding me. I was still skipping school because I had no motivation to go anymore. I met this kid that i never talked to in 4th and 5th grade and he was really nice. we talked in school and on skype, but then all of a sudden he started acting so mean to me and getting other people to treat me like shit. In 8th grade he invited me over his house with 4 other boys for a sleepover just to make fun of me all night. I just wanted to call my parents so bad to take me home. I could not get away from the bulling and the torture and all this anxiety. i needed someone to talk to or help me. the person i needed never came. I swear I never did anything to these people. im really quite in real life and would never start a fight with anyone. I value other peoples feelings just as my own and would never want anyone to feel the way I have felt for the past 4 years of my life. In school when i was asked to read/present a project in front of the class my heart would start racing and It felt like I was gonna pass out. I could not read correctly because of this and everyone in the class would just sit there and laugh at me when it happened. The only way to get away was to stay home. I hardly graduated because I missed so many days of school. I felt like the only real way out was suicide. The summer right before high school i told myself this was my chance to make friends and start enjoying school again. but when i started high school i went for 2 weeks and didn’t make a single friend. I would just sit alone at lunch everyday for those 2 weeks then I decided I didn’t want to go to school anymore and wanted to be home schooled. One of the bullies from my old school was going to the same high school as me and once again he got everyone to hate me 2 weeks in. I was home schooled this year and I still have no friends and im really lonely. even though im not in school and don’t have these social panic attacks I really need a friend or someone to talk to. I just sit home all day and play games on my computer or watch anime, if I didn’t have those 2 thing s I would have probably killed myself by now. its kinda sad that the only things keeping me alive are completely fake. My parents and my therapist are forcing me to go back to high school this upcoming year. I dont think things are gonna work very well. I want the pain to stop but I don’t want to die. please help me. Sorry if I’m just rambling at this point I have not slept in 2 days because ive been so paranoid.
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I’m shocked by your story. I don’t know what to say, but i know that you now are not alone,you have us. People here are very nice!
I feel like you have a hard life. I’ve never been bullied, but I know how hard that can be. If you need a friend, I’ll be your friend. We’re almost the same age.
I am so sorry for all the wrong that has been done to you. It’s unfair that you were bullied over something out of your control. It’s horrible that you lost your passion. And it’s bad that you have to be lonely all the time. I wish I could just take away your pain.
If you ever need to talk, just shoot me an email at: izzy queens 44 @ gmail dot com. (With no spaces and the dot is actually a period.) I’d be happy to be your friend.
what do you ever do to deserve to be born? nothing.
what do you ever do to deserve cancer? nothing.
what do you ever do to deserve death? nothing.
what do you ever do to deserve social anxiety?
1. you stay at home a lot; go out, staying in the house only gets your anxiety worse.
2. fight your bullies. silence is not a way to fight bullying. you have to retaliate even if that means putting yourself in danger. no body bully someone who constantly retaliate.
3. go to the gym and get fit. nobody bully someone with ribbed body.
4. don’t trust anyone and give your personal information like having cancer.
5. read books or Wiki articles. they will be your ultimate friends for the rest of your life.
6. if all the above seems too much work, life is tough work my friend.
I don’t think you deserve social anxiety at all, but I do agree with joinel about getting out of the house and being wary about who you share information with. I had social anxiety for a long time, but then I met other people with it too, and we became good friends. My social anxiety gradually slipped away. You’ve had a hard life for sure, but hang in there ok? I wish for you the best
Blimey dude, harsh days! I ahree that getting out of the house would be a good first step. As a random thought, have you ever considered trying a sport? Perhaps theres something outside of school that you could try as it would give you a potentially separate group of friends who you meet on your own terms and can meet as often as you want to do that activity. Perhaps once a week to begin with and veginner classes are a good way to meet people as you’re all in a similar boat. Keep on trucking matey, time is on your side 🙂
Thank you everyone who has taken the time to help me out. I really do appreciate it alot 😀
I will also try to take all of your advice and work hard to turn this around