Confronting my social anxiety at university
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Max, a volunteer at Mind Cymru, shares his experience of social anxiety and how he is overcoming this.
Coming to university was a lot harder than I expected. It was a whole new experience in a city I had never been to before. I have always been a shy person. In an environment where many of my peers were quite loud and outgoing I quickly felt lonely, overwhelmed and, at times, quite depressed due to my social skills, or lack thereof.
Because of my difficulty socialising, my relationship with my flatmates in university halls was at first quite strained. I wanted to be good friends with them but my general anxiety had a big impact on how I attempted to do so.
The strain of all this had an effect on my university work. I became more and more stressed and found it increasingly hard to concentrate.
I knew I had to do something, so I went to my student services. They got my GP to refer me to speech and language therapy at Cardiff’s Heath Hospital. This was the beginning of a positive and o...
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