People with Social anxiety have an endless Boss fight with themselves

For me having social anxiety is like hell. I go to school and when i reach those doors and i open them i see all the people as if they were watching me and judging me. I see those girls, and those girls all stare at me making me feel like they are judging the way i dress, as i see them they are all perfect and i wish i had their body shape and their sense of style, and even their confidence. Then i feel insecure and i dont have motivation to do anything, and when i sit there in my desk feeling like everyone is judging me and thinking, i dont get anything done and i rush and sometimes get anxiety with everything else on my mind. There is more of what i feel to this.

Relatable people just assume I’m just a introvert but I really wanna talk I just have no effort at all. And when the teacher calls my name I’m afraid to talk when everybody’s staring at me expecting me to know. Then I completely regret it after. Also when the teacher yells at me for something then everyone stairs. Edit: it’s been a year and I haven’t noticed how many likes I got till now thanks! not much has changed but I don’t really get called on and random times anymore.

I wish I could be myself , I wish I could be happy. Why isn’t there any good treatment for social anxiety I’m so scared I don’t want to live like this

Random story: One time, I think in sixth grade, my math teacher was showing us how to do something. I already knew how to do it, so I said (quietly!) To myself, "Oh! This is easy!" Somehow my teacher heard me. She got all butthurt. She asked me, "If this is so easy, why dont you tell the class how to do it?" I did try to answer her, but it came out as a garbled mess. I could barely form proper words. Then she yelled at me for "butting in" in class. Multiple people laughed at me, including the guy I liked at the time. Normally I would just get over it, but for some reason, I didn't. In fact, I started crying. She didn't notice. Nobody noticed. Because nobody cared. It made me feel like trash. I have more anxiety stories, but that's what came to mind.

I cried...I can relate a lot...

This is me every day I can’t talk with people I can’t look at them I can’t be normal

Im only comfortable with my 2 bestfriends and my family.

I cry almost every night especially sundays bc I know that I have to go to school and see people who I fear don’t like me or judging me

I wish it ended this way in real life sadly not

There are times when I wish I were someone else. Someone funny, someone who always has something to say, someone who is never boring. Someone you notice and like

I wish my teachers see this

“You should try to participate more in class” But I CANT HELP IT

i am not a loner. i am a good student. and i can talk to close people. but...it doesn't mean i am actually that confident or happy. i feel absolutely bad after talking,after doing ANYTHING even if i did everything right i still overthink. i am not okay at all. i would rather die. i am so angry. i hope all of us get healed we deserve to show the world how wonderful we and our minds are. i love you

"every night, you cry yourself to sleep thinking, 'why does this happen to me', why does every moment have to be so hard. Hard to believe it." ;(

I can’t “think” like the rest in my class... I’m not good with words, math, verbs, or talking. So I don’t talk in class... I think this is a great way for me to learn, thank you for showing me this and making it

My disorder has been easier to handle in school because all my teachers are aware of it and they don’t make me do presentations and they don’t ask me questions in class and they’re super nice about it. I’m never even in class anyways, I usually just have panic attacks

I can only talk to my siblings,my youngest cousins, and my mom. I can't even talk to my bestfriends sometimes

That moment when the teacher asks you a question and you had the ability to answer but she says:"Sorry your talking too quiet can you say it again?" That kills me everyday 😒😭😕

It’s a horrible feeling, especially when no one knows, and you’re just considered the quiet kid. I’m always too scared to answer a teacher’s question despite knowing the answer. Sometimes I’m tempted to raise my hand, but when I do want to answer, I find my heart racing, almost feeling numb and tingly in my arms and legs. My stomach hurts and the room starts to feel colder. I start shaking and getting all jittery until finally I either raise my hand or just stay silent. Then I get to feel all that adrenaline just drain out of me. It’s miserable.

I love the animation!! One day I'll make an animation about social anxiety too!

Social anxiety sucks.... it’s like not be able to go to the cafeteria for example because you’re scared to say what you want and what if they take the wrong thing! That one cookie you hate.... “what am I gonna do then!?” The stress of what you’re going to do, “should I tell them that that wasn’t the right cookie? No that would be embarrassing... people would look at me... they would laugh at me!” It is more than just shyness!

I was bullied for having serve social anxiety I love the video . they called me a mouse too quite , I probably go to speech and language therapy . me when ask a question then silence Everyone laughed at me stuttering and the silence pauses . they said my presidentaction was the worst and sarcastically said I chat alot I ended with depression . I didn't chat to anyone for 3 months

This is exactly how it feels. It’s good to have videos that spread awareness.

Teacher: *asks question to me* Me: *hears boss music* Also me: oh shit here we go again

I feel like this but with friends I'm like super outgoing

When you get asked any sort of question or someone asks you a question and everyone's eyes stare at you glaring it feels like an eternity and I always just want to go home

Social anxiety is like being trapped inside your own body and not being able to escape

i have social anxiety because i was criticized a LOT when I was a kid. By my parents, but also by teachers and my peers. Kids are mean, they bully a lot. I got rejected a lot. I have autism + adhd, but I got diagnosed when i was 28. Right now it's so bad I am afraid to go to my local supermarket. Always having the feeling of getting judged and being watched is so tiresome and makes me hyperventilate. like someone is choking me and I am gasping for air.

As a person with Social Anxiety Disorder this is very accurate except eventually the person who helps you leaves you because you’re too much work and you’re stuck being even more scared of interacting with people cause they’ll leave you just as well

There's this sordid presence constantly tormenting you in your head whenever you are in any social setting, it's a constant state of misery and suffering yet no one can really experience or believe in it other than you, it's your very own hell !

This is what it was like for me through out middle school and high school.

The amount of detail that went into this video...even down to the posters in the hallway ("yet another social event"). So well thought out. Some ppl might think this is an exaggeration and there is no way this could possibly be true. This isn't an exaggeration, this is life. Even if people don't mean to be triggering or mean, our brain reads into it to mean just what they are saying in the video.

1:46 I know that feeling extremely well. I'm so thankful that my lecturer in college was so great with helping us overcome that fear. He'd call out names out really often, to make sure we listened in class, but the moment he saw us struggling a bit to get the answer, he'd ask "wanna find a friend?", where we then had the opportunity to call on someone else in class to help us answer. If they didn't know, then he'd explain. And once of his first rules the very first year was " When you criticize someone's work, you start with the good, then the negative. And the negative must be justified. If you just say something like "it's sh*t, I'll tell you that your face looks sh*t and to get out of my classroom". It was really helpful. I really lost a lot of insecurity like that, but it was our taught class rules and we all played by it. It's still a problem when you're in a situation where others haven't learned that.

I’ve been an introverted kid since i was very young, and when i entered uni i got some bad trauma from people around me including my family and make me shut myelf in, not going to uni for a semester bc the trauma causes by my “friends” at uni, makes me feeling like their eyes are on me.. judging... rn i’m back to uni (different environment) but the shadows of the trauma is really terrifying i’m still suffer a lot. Plus i’ve been an introverted person so i only have really few friends (i’m really happy for that) and my social skill suck

im dealin with and idk what to do anymore... now they always think i'm dumb .-.

I have very bad anxiety and depression and the line that I liked because it so true is ‘you know why you’ll never get rid of me , is because I am you ‘. People think we can change just like that , it’s much quicker to become sad than becoming happy. Most smiles I put on are fake , I just don’t to depressed my friends. I have told my school mental and physical teachers but people say I’m just at that age

I have just had a crisis at School and now I'm at home crying in the dark. This is me for all of my life...

1:38 just hooks me into watching it over and over again, anyone can feel that same emotion that 'that' character expresses, amazing work!

2:20 “At least try so you don’t embarrass yourself” Ah, yep. So many times my friends tell me, “why do you keep doing this to yourself?” But they don’t understand that I *am* trying. Someone told my friend that I was wasting class time because I kept getting called out for not showing my entire face during the early online learning pandemic days. She said it was annoying and while I thought I was bringing less attention to myself, I was only bringing more attention. That hurt me so much. And people calling me rude because they don’t hear me say thank you, or a bitch when I haven’t even talked to them once. All these things were said behind my back. It hurts. I’m surprised I’ve never come across this video even if I’m always looking for comforting videos about social anxiety. This is a very nice animation. I hope one day we can get a good movie about social anxiety that goes like this.

Damn ... this hits really close to home! Well done.

Anxiety has ruined my life... I wish I could get rid of it

I have social phobia but it’s quite similar to social anxiety and I get the feeling, hope all people with social phobia and social anxiety will get well soon!

I can relate, except i never fought back from this monster..

This is me everyday at school the worst part is walking into a classroom full of people and being picked to go up in front of class or just simply walking to lunch I stay in the hallway by myself no friends because of it

I love your music taste. I suffer from GAD, SAD and MDD. I'm really so glad you made an animation on this, and it's amazing well animated. You deserve way more views

I remember when i was in elementary school, my classmates were curious of me why i don't speak, why don't i speak to them, why do i only talk to my 1 best friend, why do i rarely speak, i wanna tell them but my inner critic is holding me back, it tells me that they wouldn't understand no matter how many times i tell them, i'm better off alone without anybody around me

I get a lot of mad thoughts when I think about how my whole life and how I had social phobia since I was 8 years old

I relate so much I’m crying😭

When everybody goes out for recess Me: sitting there quiet hoping the teacher don’t notice.

I deal with this so much both irl and online. I always feel nervous I’m bothering someone or making them uncomfortable and then I’ll just be like “I’m sorry if I’m bothering you” or “I’m sorry if I’m causing you discomfort”. I’m so tired of feeling scared of what people thought of me. I always just think “Give me a sign. Give me something that tells me I’m good with you.” I hate social anxiety so much...

Anxiety and depression is a constant battle in the mind. I like that you made that clear. Also, I love the animation. Oh yeah, and Crywank, nice touch.

when I go to school I feel like Im being judged and when people look at me I get hot and sweaty I can't really talk because I feel like im gonna make a mistake and I can't breathe and I get dizzy it creates bad health problems so ive been staying out of school a lot and now I might have to go to court because of it so wish me luck

Literally me on my first day of school. All of these icebreakers killed me. At least I got to see some of my friends, even though I'm akward ASF around them.

This is me everyday school makes it the worst when i walk through the school doors i get this horrible feeling i don’t know how to even explain it and i feel like all the teachers and students are judging me the teachers always say how i’m giving up and not doing good then they have meetings of how i’m failing but i’ just giving up i feel like none of the teachers understand and they make me present in class but i can’t so i hide in the bathroom i got caught so many times the teachers thought i was skipping but it’s just my aniexty and for gym i hid in a locker in the locker room because of how bad my aniexty is so it’s been a bad year tbh :/

i really don't want to be one of those people who self-diagnose but i am really worried i have this. Everyday, in any social space whether its with my friends or other i constantly feel judged. I feel like they judge my clothes, the way i act, the way i talk. I feel weird using eye contact and i cant make conversations with people. And its only been getting worse, i cant even eat at lunch now because i feel judged. I am only 13 but that does not make my situation any better or worse. I have tried to reach out to my parents to get my tested by someone but they keep saying im just shy. HELP

The problem is when u r an extrovert and u have social anxiety...

I hate it I always keep crying at school I try to look for quiet places sometimes I hid in the toilet, I am even afraid to just sit straight at class i don't even raise my head up always looking down and I am in this New country I don't even speak their language I hate it I wish I was dead. I'm sorry but I had to comment I have alot to say...........

holy crap. the crywank song neer the end, ive just tripped, thank youl i love this

My teacher: Ashai tell me what the answer is My S.A.D: Not today

This actually made me cry.

😢 I literally had a tear watching this

The last part broke my heart into pieces, Life is not that much easy for me.

it does feel like this

I am watching myself😞 tomorrow i will go to my new school but i'm scared because maybe they will judge me and it's hard to make friends. It feels like this anxiety can kill me

I have that

2 months ago, I remember, when I was walking down the corridor with my only friend of mine... I was talking to her really loud and this one girl of my class came there and was like "Oh, She can talk?" and then gave me that weird face of intense judgement.. i went quiet the moment she said that.. both of them (my friend i was talking to and that girl) started talking more about it, so i left smiling..

İt feels me comfy to read those comments

I am 28 and I was with this illness when I was a kid, I felt so alone and I used to cry a lot on public and I felt so ashamed of doing that, no one ever realized (not even me) I just thought I was so weird, until I grew up and started learning about mental illnesses. Today I can understand it a little bit more but I still get my hands sweeting and I shake a lot, I’ve never visited a psychologist because of overthinking, the only scape to it is when I am drinking alcohol :/ but then I feel so depressed because of hangovers. I don’t know what to do anymore ... but my life has improved (at least I am not bullied all the time) people around me when I was at school really didn’t help me , they obligated me to answer a question even when noticed that I was crying :/

when my teacher asks me something I can't answer and it makes me more anxious cause I wasn't able to speak even though I know the answer.

Its always the: “Why didn’t I..” “Why did I…” “Why don’t I…” “Why am I…” Its always “Why?”

Im 33 years old and anxiety rules my life. The more i understand it the worse it becomes

Basically my whole life... been struggling with it since 1st grade (I graduated school last year) and it keeps getting worse...good thing is I have a therapy appointment in two months...this is my only hope

be trapped in anxiety is not my fault, i know i have tried my best to run off from the situation but it never work

This is so relatable...... 🤧😢

ANXIETY SUCKS SO FUCKING MUCH IM SO TIRED OF FEELING LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME

Social anxiety hold me back from things i still want to do before i die

I met someone yesterday for the first time and he was like “oh hi, I’ve seen u in class, you’re like a loner”. This made me feel really sad cause this is the second time I’m being called a loner. Sometimes i can’t bring myself to socialize in class. I find it difficult. And I hate when people point out that I’m reserved and shy. The thing is people that are like this don’t like being this way. It just happens.

I went for a zoo event one time and join a group of students like 50 students and sat in the audie room and having social anxiety attacks me alot and I sat alone some more. It sucks

It's really good! And I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who listens to Crywank

Seriously brought me to tears, I relate to all this.

i go to school every day saying today ill talk i dont. i just want to know what its like to have freinds and go to paties and sleepovers . i hope it will get better.

Looks awesome. XD

I have this.. like i cant talk to anyone.. The only one i can talk to is...in my mind.. thats why im crying watching this vid.. its so hard tp be like.. without thinking ,theyre saying something to you .. People looking at you, like your crazy..

This is my favorite

The way I beat my Social Anxiety and all my other demons was to befriend the demon and love the demon. It's a part of me. If I exile it I am only exiling myself.

That first song is fire 🔥

my childhood

I only talk to one friend at school and I have a feeling like she's using me but she accompanied me anyway so I'm fine with it

i have social anxiety and adhd . I had very bad childhood , infact i can't remember what was like my childhood was . I have only feeling that i had alone childhood . I go ahead to talk people but after some conversation i felt I can't handle more . I don't know about anything . Now i have only 2 friend one is my Lonelyness & second is gadget . Someday i used to mobile 18 hour throughout 24 hour . I can't tell you how bad people suffer from social anxiety and adhd .

To be honest I have trouble socializing with new people,and look I don’t even actually have friends considering...I never really accept it...at all,so I normally am just kind of a loner,but I just don’t care if they have a bad time or not.but in KZfaq I simply have a bit more confidence since I can be myself and I don’t care about anything else... But I still don’t feel different to be clear,but I’m still trying my best to keep myself mentally alive meanwhile I’m with my own family,although this cuarentine makes me be with my parents be more close to me I still have problems in school since I can’t be stable enough with my studies...

little love can heal

Animation is amazing! closing school kinda helped me hide in my bucket.

My teachers think I'm a failure. I'm not stupid. I want to tell them that but I can't

It hurts my chest :(

everything was relatable... but the ending should be a sad one... yes we sometimes do get approach by a women too. but we will talk to them very logically, short and nicely and women should reject us in the end when we propose or whatever if it comes to love... thats what usually happen to ppl with SAD . i wish that was part of this video... others are accurate... very good animations.!

Wow only realizing the affects of the last 22 years

Every time I go out, i panic. I felt like everyone’s looking at me and secretly judging me.

For me, I don't really have a problem speaking in class, but when I'm with other kids who I don't really know and I try making conversation, I feel like they're constantly judging me and that they think I'm just too quiet. Thankfully, I do have 2 or 3 friends but ALL of them are in the other class. The two friends I have in this class have one other friend who they'd prefer over me anytime, so in group projects, I'm always left alone because nobody wants me unless they need me cus they don't understand it. Whenever people try talking to me, it's ALWAYS for homework or something because I'm considered the "smart" kid. I usually have no problem with the majority of people (I know a lot about how to talk with people that are 1 grade younger than me because we share the same interests), I just have trouble with people in my class because when I try talking to them, they're always uninterested in what I have to say so I just feel stupid. Idk if this is social anxiety (probably not) but I just wanted to ask.

I just freakin hate myself for being this way... I don't want to be weird but i can't do anything