Anxious Living

Going Online with Social Anxiety

July 24th, 2006 by Ryan Oelke

One of the environments that has facilitated the most change for me is online communities, in my case, the blogosphere and now Zaadz. I have a feeling that others have found being online to be a safe place to experiment and challenge oneself. For most with social anxiety being face-to-face with people creates much more anxiety than does interacting online¹. There are a few different mediums of social interaction online, the most common being²:
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1. Not necessarily all folks with SAD. Each of us has our own unique situations that raise our anxiety. Also, for some, any social interacting causes incapacitating social anxiety. [back]
2. Of course, there are other mediums facilitated by the web, such as phone calls, but I consider this the same thing as using a land line or cell phone. Online communication is different, as you’ll see in this post. [back]

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