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Saturday, August 12, 2006

"Don't worry," she said. "You'll grow out of it."


My weekend started today. I spent my day off from work, cleaning and having a blast online, while the television kept me company in the background. If I were as social in real life as I am online then this would be the end of my blog. Unfortunately, I am what others call 'painfully shy'. And I don't use the word 'painfully' loosely. Since I can remember, I have always been shy and here I am at the age of 29...still as shy as I use to be and maybe even moreso.

So, I welcome you on my journey to overcome this debilitating condition. I am not sure what my first step will be but I am making a conscious decision to take my life back. I want to enter my 30's stronger than I have ever been in my life.

I have tried to overcome my social anxiety/phobias many times but for some reason I always met with yet another obstacle that made it difficult (i.e. lack of adequate health insurance to fund my therapy sessions, etc.)

I will share the events of my life as a 29 year old black woman struggling to overcome my shyness in this aggressive world and by the end of my journey I hope to walk into my 30's as a new woman.

So join me. Share my tears, my triumphs, my fears, my worries, my progress, my relationships, my life.

My journey starts today. Are you with me?

COPYRIGHT 2006
Posted by at 1:16 AM

9 comments:

  1. yes shy black woman, i will go with you. very interesting. i had to create a bolg page in order to comment. if u are writing a book,it might sell, if you are just fooling around, you are funny, if you are serious. lets go
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  2. I am very serious. I welcome your participation in this journey!!! We can do it. It is scary but really and truly refuse to be like this for the rest of my life. It's now or never!
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  3. Oh, you are definitely not alone, DOSBW. I guess I should've named my horribly updated blog 'Diary of a Shy Black Man' or something similar...I've got issues and then some. My own anxiety has likely blossomed into full-blown depression...be thankful that you have had/do have some sort of insurance to get help. I look forward to reading about your adventures...you are not alone in defeating your demons.

    Keep the faith and your head up.

    Nate aka ebonyblazer
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  4. I'm with you...
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  6. I will follow your journey too. I am a black woman too and I sometimes fall under anxiety spells but I use a 'mask' when I need to be more outgoing. Actually over the years, that 'mask' seems to now be part of my personnality.
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  7. Thank you EbonyBlazer, Clawz and Anonymous!! Feel free to leave you contact info so I can send you info on subscribing to the blog or I can send you a reminder when I have added a new entry. I appreciate your words because you are taking the time to share with me and that is very important to me.

    To Clawz, its like you read my mind when you said that your mask has now become a part of your personality. The same with me. I don't know when I lost my true confident self. It just sort of happened gradually.

    Anonymous I am glad you are with me. Let's do this!!

    EbonyBlazer, please join me in the battle to overcome these demons. It sounds like we could do it together and motivate each other. As far as insurance goes...it is very helpful...but to those who do not have insurance please look into the many different options out there and still find other ways of getting help.
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  8. You are definantly not alone. I too suffer like you. Actually, it seems you are writing my song. I had taken Zoloft for my social anxiety/panic /GAD, but my insurance ran out, I have to get more. But, it worked for me, just to let you know.
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  9. I am so thankful that you started this diary. I too suffer from social anxiety. I am 29 and want to go into my 30's confident and sophisticated just like you. Thank you again.
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