REPOST: PLEASE PLEASE HELP MY MOM WONT LISTEN?

There's a huge danger in labeling every feeling as a psychiatric disorder. Before the rise of this phenomenon (which makes a lot of money for researchers, drug companies, psychiatrists and mental health institutions, but takes it out of YOUR pocket), millions of people found themselves with the same problem, called it shyness and figured out ways on their own to solve or (sadly) just lived with it. I think, since you are very interested in the workings of the human mind (congrats on that interest by the way. I am, too.), that you will be able to find a way through this. I grew up in an abusive home until my mom got the courage to get rid of my stepfather. I felt so isolated from my peers that I periodically tried suicide until I was 23! I gave up on this and kept trying to reach out and find people I could be around. Go to your library and find any books about shyness. Look it up on the internet for clues and ideas. Learn about self-hypnosis and relaxation techniques. Find books about techniques about lucid dreaming (becoming aware that you are dreaming) and do those exercises. Keep a dream journal. When you get proficient at dreaming and recording your dreams, you can either become lucid and ask your dream to help (and it will surprise you!) or you can learn to identify the hypnagogic state (a state of consciousness halfway between awake and asleep) and say to yourself right when you get there that you want a dream with some ideas on overcoming depression and shyness. Look up the hypnagogic state for ideas with this one. I know mine because that constant self-chatter that happens when I'm awake begins to drift off somewhere to the left and behind me and that's the exact moment to tell myself what I want to dream about. Keep a journal not only for your dreams but for your waking life and put in what ideas you tried regarding social situations and what happened next. What clubs are at your school? Do you think you might be interested in volunteering? Tell your Mom it will look good on college applications. You will naturally form relationships over time with people when you are doing the same things together. Other less shy people will reach out to you. Write this down, too. You will see your confidence increase as you try things and find what works for you. Good luck!