I developed social anxiety as a teenager- didn't have it before, and as far as I know it all started for a specific reason - excessive body hair (stomach and pubic region).
I first started to feel anxious and inferior during PE lessons because the shorts that we had to wear at school were basically white knickers with a thin layer of blue material over the top.
I had hair which spread out towards my thighs and so I started to feel self -conscious in PE lessons because no one else seemed to have the same problem. Eventually this self-consciousness and slight paranoia became a constant in my school life - in assemblies we had to sit cross-legged on the floor and I was paranoid about people seeing, in lessons I was worried that the teacher would see, I hated changing for PE lessons - I had to sit down to put on my tights, ensuring that I didn't accidentally lift up my legs.
It is difficult to explain but the problem made me feel like an alien and as I didn't do anything about it I just let it ruin my school experience. I became quiet because I felt as though I was abnormal.
Has anyone else developed social anxiety for a specific reason ie due to having a disability or some embarrassing problem.
Did they eventually get over the social anxiety. The reason I'm asking is because I feel that this could be cured because I wasn't born with social anxiety - it was something that developed due to a specific issue.