The YMCA here is awesome! I know I have talked about it a lot already, but it really is a wonderful place for the kids and me to go. It has helped me tremendously with some of my social phobia. I still have bouts of anxiety, but it is nothing like a year ago. There are some days I have to force myself to go and every time I do I feel much better. I have progressed a great deal and have rebuilt some of my social skills that I lost from my long social hiatus. However, I still have certain amounts of social awkwardness that I believe will never leave me.
It is simply my personality.
There are also, certain types of anxiety that I do not think will never leave. They may get better, but I am almost certain they will still pounce at times. For instance, on Monday night I was happily sweating away, barely breathing from the intense spin class that my aunt tries to strengthen (kill) all of us with – it is high impact with short recovery the whole time. 
(It is tough, but I love it.) All the sudden she says, “Ok, we are doing jumps and you are going to call them out then, call on another person to call them out and we will do this for about a three minute set.”
WHAT??? (It is tough, but I love it.) All the sudden she says, “Ok, we are doing jumps and you are going to call them out then, call on another person to call them out and we will do this for about a three minute set.”Continued ... Relearning Some Social Skills & Overcoming Anxieties (Sort of)
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