Nov 20, 2016

Hi guys,

I wanted to create a thread to spread awareness of Social Anxiety which actually affects 1 in 10 people.

If you feel you suffer with this disorder, please share your thoughts, coping mechanisms etc.

I suffer with a Social Anxiety Disorder and my therapy consists of performing (Djing). I love my job but I also feel that it gives me an opportunity to share my personality under a spotlight for 4 - 5 hours, it's the only chance I really get in life to express myself confidently. It seems strange that a Social Anxiety sufferer would actually cope in a Club setting as a DJ, but surprisingly I feel like I can be myself becuase I'm given the opportunity to express my passion to a crowd of people and it gives me the feeling of being accepted. I've read stories about performers (Comedians, Artists, DJs) suffering with an Anxiety Disorder and how they share similar views to myself.

So if you do suffer with social Anxiety, give yourself a spotlight and a platform to share your personality.

 

Nov 20, 2016

If there is an opportunity to pin this thread I would really appreciate it

 

Nov 20, 2016

Respect bro

 

Nov 20, 2016

What kind of tunes do you play

 

Nov 20, 2016

Open format most of time at my Saturday residency, but I do like to experiment mashups & mixes (House, Hip Hop/throwbacks, Moombahton) through channels like Mixcloud

 

Nov 20, 2016

Nice gonna learn to DJ properly and do advanced stuff in a couple weeks tbh so fun

 

Nov 20, 2016

Have you purchased any equipment yet?

 

Nov 20, 2016

i have this due to where i live atm i live in the country ive always been a city person and ive moved aorund never stayed in a house for more than a year affects relationships with people friends so i find jsut dealing with it and accepting it although moving soon so could get better for me i listen to alot of music rock rap metal dub step drum and bass just to get me through and watch a lot of YouTube videos

 

Nov 20, 2016

Nall my friends that play shows every weekend are moving close to me soon gonna get them to teach me but I learnt on some CDJs

 

Nov 21, 2016

If you need any tips or advice, let me know and id be happy to help

 

Nov 21, 2016

I can understand how you feel

Do you think that the reason why you find it hard to socialise is that you've built up an expectation that you won't be in that certain place for that long so you feel that its hard to connect with people?

 

Nov 21, 2016

i used to but then i switched it out w narcissism

works a lot better

 

Nov 21, 2016

I've set up a Facebook page called - Anxiety Help & Support

If anybody would like to check it out

 

Nov 22, 2016

omfg life just changed for me our landlord turend out to be a r--ist and sexual women abuser lost our home and now we staying in a motel im so sick of f---ing life

 

Nov 22, 2016

Just remember that people don't care about you as much as you think they do

 

Nov 22, 2016

This is pretty much what I came in here to post and I'm not joking in the slightest. That's 100% what I do.

 

Nov 22, 2016

i actually have a minor fear that participating in Australian culture of charging darts and sinking mangoes on a regular basis will cause me to develop some kind of anxiety later in life. I know that alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking can f--- around with anxiety, just not sure to what extent.

 

Nov 22, 2016

I got it bad from gear so I stopped but people forget a comedown can technically last like 3ish days and with the frequency i was doin gear was basically livin in a permanent comedown tbh ha

I didn't know about ciggies havin an affect tho

 

Nov 22, 2016

yeah im always f----- after a night of a few roundies. the next day its like "nah im not prepared to speak to anyone for a couple hours"
but yeah what you said is very true. most people don't realise or are to ignorant to bother researching what they put in their bodies. So they do this stuff 3 days in a row every weekend and after a year, theres all kinds of toxic chemical build ups in there body and a range of chemical imbalances in the brain. causing all kinds of mood swings.

yeah ciggies are weird, it's a bit hard to explain. smoking a cigerette can immediately ease your anxiousness. But it gets all fucky, because tobaccos addictive as s---, it passively makes you slightly more anxious when you don't have them. This builds up over time too. IMO one of the hardest parts of quitting ciggies is the onset of anxiety. any heavy smokers quitting cold turkey are likely to get "withdrawal" symptoms ranging from irritability, cold sweats, heart palpitations, trouble sleeping etc. most of those "withdrawal" sympptoms are symptoms of anxiety too.

 

Nov 22, 2016

Yeh the ciggie s----s weird. Tbh I've never really associated them with stress, like I've never been stressed had one and felt any better. I just genuinely like them with a drink alcoholic or not. But i do think the people who have em when anxious - the dependence on them kinda cancels that out overall