Alcohol and social anxiety
Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2011 7:34 pm
I have developed a dangerous cycle and i am staring to become afraid
and i need to jump out.
I have social anxiety and i use alcohol to self medicate.
it makes me feel in control for the time being and my worries drift away.
The next day i feel so terrible! guilty because i drank again and now i am more anxious
and more depressed than ever! i tell myself this needs to stop! and this is a problem and i recognize that.
so.. i go a few days recovering from my night of drinking, and i tend to take it easy and isolate myself during these days.
Than i begin to get lonely.... and i feel the need to socialize and i tell myself that i won't be drinking.
i get into the social situation and the panic feelings begin to set in... the anxiety becomes so overwhelming that i give in and start drinking again.. and than the cycle starts over.
I feel alone, i am having a hard time finding someone who understands me.
this cycle has left me depressed and overwhelmed, sometimes i can even become suicidal.i feel like i am stuck.
any suggestions as to how i can break free from this painful cycle?
and i need to jump out.
I have social anxiety and i use alcohol to self medicate.
it makes me feel in control for the time being and my worries drift away.
The next day i feel so terrible! guilty because i drank again and now i am more anxious
and more depressed than ever! i tell myself this needs to stop! and this is a problem and i recognize that.
so.. i go a few days recovering from my night of drinking, and i tend to take it easy and isolate myself during these days.
Than i begin to get lonely.... and i feel the need to socialize and i tell myself that i won't be drinking.
i get into the social situation and the panic feelings begin to set in... the anxiety becomes so overwhelming that i give in and start drinking again.. and than the cycle starts over.
I feel alone, i am having a hard time finding someone who understands me.
this cycle has left me depressed and overwhelmed, sometimes i can even become suicidal.i feel like i am stuck.
any suggestions as to how i can break free from this painful cycle?
