I always thought that my issue was more with social anxiety, but I only got diagnosed with generalized anxiety (and dysthymia). What’s the difference between these two? I know it’s common to have both. I definitely did when I was younger. 

Here’s how my anxiety manifest: 

- When presenting, I’m afraid that people would think that I am unprepared or my ideas aren’t developed. I worry about people judging how fast I talk or how I’m shaking, but that’s usually after. 

- When meeting new people, I’m afraid they may find me boring or weird. They would probably judge my terrible eyesight and my small teeth. 

- I use to get anxious over tests, but I got over that. I still get anxious over time limited tests such as the GRE. 

- Sometimes, I think something bad is going to happen, but I would not call this debilitating. It’s something I think about time to time. I gotten better with this over the years. 

- Sometimes I don’t even know why I get anxious but still get physical symptoms of anxiety. This only happens in social/judgmental situations

- I usually don’t get nervous eating in public, but sometimes I worry about being perceived as a loner (I am). Lately, people been commenting on how fast I eat and I’m becoming self-conscious over it. 

- Sometimes I get nervous talking to people but don’t know why

- I get nervous of any appointment/date because of judgement or thinking something bad is gonna happened.

That’s all I can think about right now.