Social Phobias Center

Anyone have some tips on how to get over this??

I have a moderate case of social phobia and would like some help with this.

Any tips you can give me?

social phobia is common as are many other phobias. The best way to conquer a phobia, is to take it a day at a time, & slowly face your phobias. Having a postive attitude helps also. May I suggest that you get out into the public more & more. Do this with friends, who will help you conquer this fear, if they’re true friends. Times will come, when you should get out by yourself. It may be every uncomfy, but you can do it. There are lots of self help books to buy or borrow from the library. The internet may be able to help you choose which books are more helpful. Good luck to you!!!

could it be that a long-term social phobia lead to depression?

Depressed people that I have met also seem to have a social phobia, too. Phobia, of course, means fear, a fear of meeting people. More normal to occur in adolescents who are unsure of themselves and have lacked, through no fault of their own, the basic ability to meet and talk along with people. It is unreasonable in the way it works, but it happens.

On the other hand, depression was explained to me just yesterday in an article which stated that depression happens when people who should be happy with how they are in their lives are not that way. My wife used to be unhappy unless she had something to worry about. Not that that made her happy. It drove me nuts. She was nuts and I never knew it and when I did I could not get help for her because, by law, nobody could do anything for her unless she asked for it. Not me, her husband. She was off with the fairies. She died from it and there was not a thing I could do. Diagnosis; depression.