In The Crowd I am in the crowd. A sea-swell of voices and faces Pulsating and swaying. I am in the crowd. Lost and absorbed, ...

Sea Fears And all my anxieties Suddenly appear. A sea of friendly faces And I am drowning in fear. _______________________________...

In an ocean of friendly faces And welcome voices I am Alone And Drowning *this is how social anxiety feels. You can be with the nicest,...

A Shell of a Boy Hide the boy. Hide among the rockpools And seaweed tangles, That shell of a boy, In sea solitude. A lonely figure,...

Fire & Ice As the sun sinks slow to set Casting a final glow In a dance of fire and ice Let that final warming light Be happy...

Must it be Christmas Be happy let's cheer Be merry Christmas time is here Again passed another year of worry Stress anxiety and fear...

Inside where life is safe Outside where life takes place Inside trapped in thought Outside where you ought to be But can't and won't ...

Light Persist As the clouds gathered Silence fell And muted thoughts Distilled to one Would this light persist Or fade & vanish to...

The inner dialogue that goes on in your head when you have experienced social anxiety...an outward appearance of wanting to participate,...