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I know exactly how you feel, being around people affects me so much that i never finished high school or went to college, an I emotionally beat myself up all the time for this, but it is so hard to live with this problem. I hate to recomend pills cause that's just another dependency and with side effects, they say some pills aren't goood for your liver. Maybe you could wear a baseball cap, sometimes that helps me, sometimes wearing sunglasses helps me too so I won't have eye contact with anyone, but then if you are in class, well sunglasses won't help, I don't know, maybe you could do the 12 step program on here an see if that helps.
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Paxil works for me but not everyone wants to be on drugs. Good Luck
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My worst anxiety attacks happen around people, especially if I'm made the centre of attention. Sometimes I go to great lengths just to avoid people. This makes it really hard for me at university where there is approx. 300 people per lecture. For the last two and a half years I have felt so run down, I feel so depressed and have headaches constantly. I cannot possibly express in words how I am feeling, just that it's ****. Can anyone share some techniques on how they unwind. I'm just finding it soooooo hard to relax.

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