Do i have social anxiety?

[Jen]

Do these add up to the symptoms of social anxiety?
-I hate talking with just one person
- i like being in large groups because i don't have to talk but i get anxious and scared that someone might talk to me and i will have to say something in front of everyone
-if somebody talks to me, i immediately start to sweat,blush,get scared,worried,anxious, my heart races...
-i try to avoid social situations
-i prefer to be alone when in class
-in my whole life,the only people i can talk to without being awkward with is my family and a girl named izzy i have known since primary school (elementary, if you american, i think..)
-i am constantly worried in case somebody rings me and i have to talk
- i Ithink in conversations and often miss out on what they are saying because i'm thinking of what to say,how to reply, what they are thinking etc.
One example of my awkwardness:
A girl in my year commented on my profile picture on facebook saying i looked pretty. I immediately started to sweat, go red and i even had to go outside to cool off because i was so nervous about how i would reply.


Do i have social anxiety/awkwardness?
If i do, please, if possible, tell me about what it is.
thank you.

[Joe]

im not an expert or anything...but it sounds like u do! its weird bc i have very similar symptoms as u, so i know how it feels. :/ i tried to force myself into some social situations...sometimes it helped and sometimes it didnt. try to get into more social situations and it will get easier! hope i somewhat helped

[Maya]

I have exactly these! But, some people i can talk to and not feel these. I think it's social anxiety but i've never been tested for it or anything. If you even can be tested :/ I don't know if there is a way out of this but i think it depends whether or not your comfortable with the people around you. I've just started sixth form and last year when i was in year 11 i was not shy one little bit! I sort of grew out of it in the beginning of year 10 but now i've started sixth form everything has just got worse. I had a mini panic attack on friday because i had to present my presentation to the class! Ahh! Anyway, there are a lot of websites that can tell you what social anxiety is. They will just basically say that it is a fear of social situations. You may grow out of it like i did for a while Hopefully we both will!! ;-)