Anxiety is something I've dealt with my entire life, but it got worse over the years. 

It's so embarrassing to tell people i have quite literally no friends. Zero. Every time i say I'm way too anxious to talk to anyone i don't know i get the same "just relax lol" answers. 

I feel like no one truly understands how handicapped it can make me feel. I can't talk to anyone without feeling this pit in my stomach. 

I've lost job opportunities just because of how anxious phone calls make me, I've gone to stores and walked out empty handed because i didn't feel like i could talk to a cashier that day. 

I feel selfish talking about this because i always think that my problems aren't nearly as bad as some other people's, but it is a problem that affects me every day and i don't know what to do.