I' was diagnosed a few months before the pandemic gained momentum, so until now I had no need to treat my severe social anxiety disorder, but I always knew it was there with my mood swings.

I basically can't stand anybody around me. I hate my BF, my mother and family, friends, I tend to isolate myself and the only company I accept  is if the "person" is not human (I have cats). I get irritated and have suicidal thoughts when I'm around people. Funny thing is I'm an extrovert, which makes things even worse because I just end up missing the old-non-bipolar-me who loved hanging out with her friends and partying.

Have you ever experienced severe social anxiety disorder? If you did, how did you cope with it? I've been putting a lot of effort to treat it, but sometimes I feel so discouraged. I guess I could use some advise.