I started getting very bad social anxiety and depression through high school as well as having no self confidence. After high school I spent my first year barely leaving my house other than to go to work (which was where I would struggle even more with anxiety as it is a high stress environment). I was huge on avoidance and ending up losing most of the (small amount of) friends I had. I began seeing a doctor and a psychologist towards the end of the year and also starting taking medication in November. Since then I have taken an active role in pushing myself to go out more and see people and get out of my comfort zone. Some of these things may seem small and insignificant but to me they are massive improvements because I got to a point where I couldn't even go and get groceries by myself without panicking and crying. I am cutting out people who have been stopping me from improving for one reason or another and have started surrounding myself only with people who lift me up and get me to go out more often.

January

• 13/01/14 - beach horse riding
• 14/01/14 - movies w/ kerrie
• 16/01/14 - movies w/ libby
• 17/01/14 - beach w/ kerrie, mitch and mum
• 18/01/14 - lunch w/ rohie
• 22/01/14 - outdoor cinema w/ rohie and jacqui
• 23/01/14 - alistair going away party (terrible night)
• 27/01/14 - beach horse riding

February

• 1/02/14 - visit kerrie and mitch w/ jacqui
• 8/02/14 - stood up to my manager
• 10/02/14 - rohie over. out to dinner w/ her and jacqui
• 14/02/14 - dinner w/ rohie, stay at hers
• 15/02/14 - lunch w/ rohie and daniel
• 19/02/14 - visit kerrie and mitch
• 22/02/14 - marrabel bull riding competition w/ zara, rohie and jacqui. met lots of new people and managed to be by myself in a big crowd without panicking
• 27/02/14 - walk tika w/ mum
• 28/02/14 - walk tika

March

• 1/03/14 - food ordering/allocating massive wedding at work, also spent time with rohie after work