Living with social anxiety disorder

In her darkest days, when her social anxiety was at its worst, Liz Trillia was a prisoner in her own home.

She had become so afraid of meeting people, even her own friends, that trips from her house had to be essential and were always as short as possible.

"My husband enjoyed entertaining and I used to dread people coming for lunch parties.

I hid my social anxiety from our friends and performed for the occasion, but at a huge cost to my mental health.

I was extremely unwell in the lead-up and for days afterwards," she said.

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