Reading, walking my dogs(late at night), watching indie movies, listening to music, container gardening,yoga,dancing to trance music, writing, capturing great digital moments, listening....

what the Bleep, Celestine Prophecy, The seven spiritual laws of Success by Deepak Chopra, The Foutain, all comedies. Sweet Misery(A documentary on dangers of sweetner,Aspertame/Nutrasweet), Supersize Me. The Holiday (sweet romantic movie), Miss Potter.

everything but country. my favorite being Electronic, Trance, Techno, Deep House, Progressive House, World Music(Deep Forest, DEAD CAN DANCE, Andreas Vollenweider,Govinda, Enya,Tulka, Niraj Chag, Shiva Rea, B-Tribe, Mythos), Tribal funk, Reggae and most commercial rock, 106.7KROQ. Tiesto(favorite DJ), Bjork, recently enjoying her stuff.

Mostly self-help literature lately, Wayne Dyer, Andrew Weil, Christine Northrup,Dalai Lama, Shambhala Sun(Buddhist magazine), Yogi Times.

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After being in denial for the 3+ years that this has been creeping up on me, I was recently diagnosed with GAD and Depression,with SA affecting me the most on a day to day basis.

I found a link to this site after taking the Liebowitz Social Anxiety scale test in which my score was 127 putting me in the "severe" catagory. (like i didn't know hehe)

After some talk therapy, alot of research&reading I don't believe that SA is a mental illness, but more a subconscious natural defense mechanism to normal situations that we react to in an abnormal way.

It seems many people have been reacting this way all their lives with different degrees of severity, and others have as I believe in my case, have had it triggered by something.
I had a very traumatic event take place in my life about 3 years ago, which shook my faith in humanity, and slowly but surely changed my confident and outgoing personality into a persona that works hard to avoid to everything and everyone.

I have resisted the meds due to being a more natural food/remedy type, but I am hoping to get insight, friendship support and possible solutions with like-minded souls on this site.



Your Personality Is Like Marijuana




You're laid back and easy going, so much so that taking a shower is often too much trouble for you!

Nevertheless, you're quite popular, and many people enjoy your company. You're rarely turned down.

You're prone to giggle fits, paranoia, and forgetting where you are exactly.