Social Anxiety

Hello All,

I am writing this email with at most distress. My objective is to seek homeopathic advise from all practicing members to this problem.

Issue

I have social anxiety disorder. To simplify, I have broken down my problem in order to enable you to have as much information as possible:

Occasion:

The anxiety attacks occur during key events.

Key events such as telephonic interviews, face to face interviews, or in a group asked to introduce myself or when I have to interact with someone who has bullied or spoken in harsh words, when in a small gathering it's my turn to say something, doing presentation etc. The list is endless, in summary, 'when I am in the center and have to talk'.

Problem:

The moment I come to know or the slightest inclination of a key event, my anxiety level goes up. The following are the attacks that I go through;

(a) depressive mood. I hate to talk to anyone until the event is complete

(b) As the date gets closer, my mind is extremely pre-occupied with the thought how I am going to cope up on the D day. This means I am unable to concentrate on key aspects.

(c) On the D-Day. I get headaches, shoulder pain, nausea, very high heart rate, sweating and trembling voice. On one occasion during interview I had to say, 'I am nervous' and took a pause to continue. Thereafter it was all a collapse

On one occasion, in a meeting room with five people, my friend introduced me to all and said he is expert on this particular subject and he will talk us through; there it started with all the above attacks and further encountered breathlessness. Just couldn't talk at all. Further, it's always evident from my face that I am stressed out

Analysing my problem, I see that I have very low self confidence, and the panic attacks comes very often when i feel that the person to whom I am going to talk to is a person at higher level or my belief that he is more knowledgeable than me.

I am very self conscious. I am a very pessimistic person!!!.


Impact

This issue is impacting big time with my career progression. I don't participate in group meetings and the fear that I may be asked some questions or I have to ask questions.

I am unable to progress even though I know and others have confirmed to me that I am very good at work.

As far as I am concerned, this is the only thing that's impending my career progression.

I may be getting a career change option in the near future; however, the very thought that (a) this opportunity may require lots of presentations and speaking in group gathering and (b) the fear of how I will perform in all these circumstances is literally making me not to go ahead with this.

I am going through a severe anxiety issues and not sure how I go this. There is a phase in my career I had gone through bullying from a bad boss and probably that has impacted me. Having said, I was always a shy kid.

Advise

After reading books and also practicing other techniques, I am not finding a solution. My humble request you to all esteemed members, please suggest me the best possible homeopathic remedy for this.

Happy to provide you with further information.

Looking forward to all your constructive advise.