Quote Originally Posted by stinkyattic
Social anxiety is the third largest psychological problem in the United States today. This type of anxiety affects 15 million Americans in any given year. Unlike some other psychological problems, social anxiety is not well understood ...In fact, people with social anxiety are misdiagnosed almost 90% of the time. People with social phobia come to our anxiety clinic labeled as "schizophrenic", "manic-depressive", "clinically depressed", "panic disordered", and "personality disordered", among other damaging misdiagnoses.

Statistics don't mean shit, I duno where you copied and pasted that info from but is largely fabricated, no doubt. Not saying that alot of people don't suffer from social anxiety, but not everyone who feels nervous, feels shy, has trouble initiating a conversation has SOCIAL ANXIETY, alot of anxiety comes in stages and it can happen to anyone, self doubt leading to bigger problems e.t.c e.t.c. I suffer from anxiety and i've had a hard time with it but if you get to the route cause of what makes you anxious you can nullify the situations you find yourself in, somewhat. Are you to say that someone like me, or similar, has a disorder because they are unsure of themselves or inexperienced in certain areas of their lives? Its important not to label people, or put an idea in their head, that they have a mental disorder because they have symptoms similar to the one's you just described, (which is most of the population).

To the Poster : I don't have a problem with talking to people, girls yeah, its something I'm working on, but there's thing's you can do to alleviate your emotions, I don't suffer very much from anxiety now but I can relate to people who feel like that. I don't know about what strains help anxiety but I hope you find one and post your findings. If there's something that can help with your situation, get you moving, you can at least get more experience and maybe, gradually, try dealing with your problem without medication.