How do I go to a gym with severe social anxiety

How do I go to a gym with severe social anxiety

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Walk to gym
Walk in front door
Pick things up
Put them down
Leave

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Just buy what you need for a home gym and set it up in a storage unit or shed.

why does someone feel the need to post this thread every fucking day

You just go. Easy

Just tell yourself that no one cares about your existence at all.

It's the truth, after all.

I had crazy anxiety before I started going to the gym. I lived in my room playing WoW and never left the house. It will be scary at first and I recommend going very early in the morning before most people get there. My gym actually feels like home to me now, like I'll adjust my balls or fart loudly without even thinking about it. Most people are really nice and want you too succeed. The gym is nothing like middle school

>go to gym
>still have severe social anxiety

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I'm kind of at a breaking point
Used to lift everyday and than back injury led me to quit lifting for a few years

I need to get back to the gym but I'm stuck with social anxiety for some reason now

People will say "just go bro, you'll get over it"

But I lifted at the local gym for ~3 years and the anxiety never went away, I found myself avoiding going at certain times, I found myself missing days, I found myself trying to talk my way out of going. That anxiety never ceased.


So I bought a power-rack for home, now I have a nice home gym, I love lifting at home, its so much better, no stress or anxiety to deal with.


I spent a lot of money to buy high quality stuff, so my home gym is actually better than the stuff at the gym, so that really helps make it feel better as well.

Than why do people try to talk to me

FPBP. Also make it a routine so its easier to commit to

I honk at other drivers too, doesn't mean I care about them. Quite the opposite.

Outta the way, fatty!

zoloft

legit anxiety disorders is real mental illness can't be solved by "just do it" a few times, although that's what you should try firs

you need medication... talk to a doctor

The gym isn't a place for socializing.

Therefore, your social anxiety doesn't come into the picture.

Just start going, don’t lose your focus. You’re there so you can have gains not today but in the future. Put headphones in, and post on misc between sets. You’ll start to notice no one cares about or even sees you

go to a 24 hour gym and go at like 3 AM. i work at planet fitness (sad i know) and from the hours of midnight to 4 AM there is literally one old boomer who comes in and silently does cardio. gym is completely empty aside from that one guy and he has never said a word to me.

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Also I like to go in the early am for that same reason but also to avoid the bukkshit that comes with a crowded gym. Brb getting arrested for beating a half nigger with a barbell and then throwing it at the desk boy for trying to call the police

Congratulations, you have actual anxiety. Not this meme bullshit where everyone thinks they're mentally ill.

No one will give you legit advice but i will faggot

DONT GO, gym is a big place where a lot of people will notice you if you either a good-looking guy or just an awkward fucker, so you anxiety will get worse
Going to gym shouldn't be your first priority, the first priority should be taken care of your social anxiety, either with meditation, medicine, or nofap, i dont know, but work with it

Yeah Ive also been seeing Clinical Psychologists for the last 2 years. Even that really does not help me. I don't want to take Psychiatric drugs. Having to take mind-altering drugs for the rest of my life just to attempt to be normal is not something I want to do, I'd just rather stay a shut-in.

Smoke weed

>Tfw want to go to gym during quiet hours
>Tfw gym is always busy every fucking hour of the day, and closes at 22:00
>Tfw every other gym is for rich upper class hipsters, and otherwise too far away
>Tfw no money or space for home gym
Guess i'll just have to get used to it

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As long as you're happy there's nothing wrong with being a shut in bro. Just gotta make sure you have an inner circle of people you can talk to.

I've gone months without speaking. Thats what really makes you lose your mind.

weed only relaxes me in private, in public it makes me way more anxious because im worried about how retarded i look

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I'm already insane

I go at 3am. Not one other person there except this african cleaner who just talks on his phone. He leaves me alone so im happy to see him chill.

Feels fucking amazing

Nobody has ever talked to me at the gym. I just want friends bros

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jesus i haven't seen that comic in a long time

Yeah weird enough for me people have talked to me before
I guess I'm a guy people want to know but I push everyone away

It's not a meme when people say an insane person will never admit to being insane.
You're mentally ill bro, treatable or not makes no difference, you're not insane.

Keep seeing your psychologist and manage your life. People set you up in a way by selling you the belief that mental illness is something to be cured. It's a lie in my opinion and I'm not even a pessimist. I've been mentally ill since I was 14 and I'm 25 now, I've been seeing a psychologist since I was 16, I've taken pretty much every drug they could throw at me. I'm still ill, but I've learned to manage my life in a way where I do find fragments of joy and meaning. Once you let loose the idea of being "cured" you will become relieved. That feeling of failure will succumb.

Alright retarded idiot

YOU can workout AT HOME and make gains so long as you stick to a routine and maintain a caloric surplus with plenty of protein

Just buy:
>wall mounted pull up bar
>dip belt
>backpack
>weighted plates
>dip stand
>Olympic rings

With these you can do:
>pull ups --> weighted pull ups
>dips --> weighted dips
>push ups --> weighted push ups
>hip/belt squats
>inverted rows --> weighted inverted rows

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What an American response. Mental health problems just need to be rationally thought about. That's literally how cognitive behavioural therapy works. It's why robust people don't get mental health problems because they intentionally stop themselves spiralling. It can be taught you don't catch mental health problems.
Likewise just taking drugs isn't ever going to cure your problem it just masks the underlying reason - you are a coward and need to gradually expose yourself to risk.

I'm not going to read this thread any more as that's the answer and any other response other than okay is just an excuse.

/thread