Yea, SAD is real. I had it pretty bad when I was younger. It seems like the trigger for it is different for every person who has it. For me, i could talk to a pretty girl one on one and that would be easy, but the more people that were around, the more i would get nervous. I would be sitting in class and sweating through my shirts like i just ran 10 miles. And if someone talked to me I would feel like the whole class was looking at me and i would turn really red. I seen many doctors about it and was on many Medications for it, such as Paxil, Celexa and Cymbalta. all of which helped a little but had too many side affects, like making me very tired all the time. Finally I thought a different approach was needed, so I quit all the medications and tried going for runs, working out, and just trying to have more confidence in myself. And I found for me , that was better than any meds. (Not saying meds arent the answer because for some they are.) Just know that it CAN be over come, you have to believe that you can do it, and you cant feed the disorder by hiding away from social events because that will make it worse. You have to try to face it one day at a time. Anyway, I dunno if my story helped at all. But at least you know that you're not alone.
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