toomuch00
You are getting lots of advice here but not all of it is good. I would like to tell you that it is probably in your best interests to stop reading this thread. You got all of the advice you can get without a therapist. I would like to add that someone here recommended you tell your friends about your social anxiety. I would tell you that until you speak to a therapist and until they recommend that you do that, you tell NOBODY about your social anxiety issue. Once you open your mouth about it to the wrong friend you cant take it back and you dont know how the friend will take the news and how it will effect your relationship with her, or if she will truly keep it to herself and not tell others.
I will repeat. Do not tell anyone but your therapist and if he/she says you can tell others then do so based on his/her advice.
aries2756
You totally misunderstood the OP. She doesnt have normal anxiety that most of us have. She is suffering from social anxiety and is about to see a CBT (cognitive behavioral therapist) based on that your advice was way off base and I hope she didnt tell anyone based on your advice.