I’m still an incredibly anxious person but through five years of social anxiety treatment, I’ve learned how to hide my symptoms so well that people do not take my social anxiety seriously. I’ve even been told that I have good people skills. 

Social skills are autopilot at this point. If I’m doing a presentation or talking to someone, my responses are so rehearsed that it’s just instinct. 

I’ve been struggling a bit with substance use. Not addiction but getting into dependency. And I have been tripping out of my mind and holding a perfectly natural conversation. 

I’ve gone from panic attacks so bad that I can’t move to just disassociation