Comparing The Stereotypes Of Teenagers

Teenage years are supposed to be the happiest years, the stereotype of a young reckless teen with no cares in the world, a stereotype that does not apply to me due to my social anxiety. Not only do I have to deal and live with social anxiety, but I have to endure excessive and constant perspiration. Being a seventeen year old girl my excessive sweating was a big insecurity, I felt embarrassment going out in public because of my nervous sweating from my social anxiety. Constantly shying away from social situations because of the embarrassment I feel because of my excessive sweating has affected me my whole entire life. As a younger child I knew constantly avoiding social situations was not a normal thing to do, I remember being constantly yelled at by my mother for being rude and running to the bathroom trying my best to not shed tears. I remember feeling terrible for not greeting or talking to others and feeling terrible because I did not know what was wrong with me. My hands were constantly wet and my family members passed it

At times it feels like my sweating causes the anxiety because when I am excessively sweating I am normally on the verge of an anxiety attack. As a teenager I already have it difficult enough to find myself and fit in, with my anxiety and excessive perspiration I feel held back, alienated and an outsider. My anxiety and sweating has kept me from developing friendships and held me back from advancing as a person because for me it associates with self-doubt and fear. My social anxiety leaves me with a longing of being able to live with no fears, Emily Brontë once said “I’m wearying to escape into that glorious world, and to be always there: not seeing it dimly through tears, and yearning for it through the walls of an aching heart: but really with it, and in