Anyone here have Social Anxiety Disorder? What have you done to overcome it?

Ran for political office.

And won.

first i decided to step out
my sister has social anxiety disorder, me i am way to out going, so it is hard for me to understand. my sister after years of therapy, meds just stays home, or goes to church and never speaks. good luck to you it must be awful to be that way.
Stop labeling yourself with a "disorder", just call yourself "shy" and you'll feel a lot better. Painting yourself as having some disorder or being mentally ill just keeps you stuck. Drug companies invented the term "Social Anxiety Disorder" as a way to get people to take drugs for their shyness!
Hi, my fiance has characteristics of Social Anxiety Disorder, and I have a cousin who has Social Anxiety Disorder, pretty bad actually. My fiance was given medication from his doctor; however, he felt the same when around people. He was still anxious, and nervous. My cousin is pretty severe, he is in fifth grade and is now finally starting to talk about school. He used to only whisper to the teachers and talk to no one else. They would video tape his projects such as book reports at hope so that he would get a grade. He is getting better everyday :)

My fiance, who I am marrying in June, had to practice talking to himself before doing interviews for his new job, which he got! He practices in the car and at home. If you practice talking to yourself, it might be easier for you to get it out in a stressful situation. I do not know what you are going through, but my man does. I have been with him for 5 years, and it took like 3 years to fully get to know him. But it was worth it. His mom told my mom that I have opened him up more.

Sometimes it is easier for him to talk when I am right beside him too. So get a confidence booster by having a friend or someone you know just be with you before you enter a stressful social situation. You will be okay, I just know it. Two people in my life are getting better everyday, you will too.

GOOD LUCK!
Experiance
I make sure that if I have to be around a lot of people that I have family members with me. I still get very nervous, and either don't speak at all, or ramble on and on. I take clonazepam for panic attacks, but that still doesn't help when I have to be in a crowd of people.

I try to take community college classes on line or the TV courses--so that I don't need to be in a room full of people. I just need to go in for the exams, and there no one is talking--everyone is taking some sort of test.

It's funny, but I don't get so bad if I'm someplace where everyone is strangers--like the supermarket or a bus. It's when I'm some place where I am expected to socialize or speak that freaks me out. So, I try to avoid those situations. I'm fine if it's immediate family members--but not if in-laws are there.