Sebastiaan van der Schrier

I'm an ex social anxiety disorder sufferer and current online (using Skype -www.skype.com) social confidence coach. I've developed my social phobia around the time I hit puberty. Before that I’ve never been the shy kid or anything. To the contrary, I’ve actually always been the complete opposite. I was very confident and outgoing and I loved being the center of attention. I was always having fun, joking around. An all-around popular kid basically... So Why Am I Writing On Social Anxiety?! Well... I changed a lot. I've gone from pretty much no social anxiety when I was young, to developing an intense social anxiety disorder when I hit puberty. I've then suffered from a social phobia for years. But I "got lucky" and stumbled on some information that motivated me to do whatever is necessary to become socially confident again. It took me almost a decade to overcome my social anxiety disorder, and I like to give you the shortcut on my site. I want to show you a way to become socially comfortable/confident as well. How I Developed My Social Phobia There have been a lot of things that have contributed to my social anxiety and I’m going to speak of the 3 that have most impacted it. This is very revealing for me, because I’m now showing my previous insecurities to the world. Back then I could have never believed I would ever do such a thing. I was deeply ashamed of them. But it’s OK, I’m over it now. I’ve learned from it and it has brought me where I am now. I’m glad I can write this and still feel good about myself. As I said earlier, I’m going to tell you about the 3 things that I believe have had the most impact on my social anxiety during my suffering. After that I will tell you about my journey in overcoming it and why I am building this website (and how I can help you to overcome it)… Here goes: Up until the age of 12 I was a popular kid. I was loud, funny, confident and obnoxious at times. I had many friends and I was very cocky. Nobody really stood up to me and basically nothing would get to me. It was all fun. Saying anything that was on my mind and having fun was all me. And I was a pain for my teachers and parents... One day -this is the first time I can clearly remember becoming embarrassed- we where sitting in the class about to watch a video. I was sitting in front of the screen and it was dead silent in the class. Then my teacher jokingly said from the back of the class: “Sebasti