Social-anxiety Stories

A young man's life takes a dark turn after a tragic accident leaves him with a rare and unsettling physical condition. Plagued by social anxiety, he retreats from society, hiding himself away to avoid the stares and whispers he fears his condition might attract. His world is small, confined, and lonely, drained of colour and hope. But everything shifts when a new neighbour moves in - someone whose presence may offer a chance for change. Could this unexpected connection bring light back into his life, or will his unique affliction forever bind him to a world of solitude? Updates will be on Mondays and Fridays. Narrations will be in Tamil + English. -Mahish

The Court of Choices "One Court. Two Men. A Thousand What-Ifs." Lively Wolf is a powerhouse on the volleyball court. As a star scholarship athlete at Luvers University, she is all strength and precision. But the moment the whistle blows, her analytical brain takes over, spiraling through every risk and every potential failure. She has worked too hard to escape her past to let one wrong choice ruin her future. She does not trust easily, and she definitely does not do "casual." That is until she sees Jake. Jake is magnetic, confident, and looks like he was carved from stone. To get close to him, Lively starts a 4 on 4 intramural volleyball team. But Jake's explosive temper and "alpha" energy turn her dream into a high-anxiety cycle of lashing out and apologies. Then there is Marco, Jake's best friend and their rival on the opposing team. He is the guy in the baggy hoodie who sees past Lively's "beast" exterior to the overthinker beneath. Will Lively stick with the magnetic star who keeps her on edge, or will she realize the rival across the net is the only one who can actually handle her power?

This is all about me Nothing personal!

-EVERY DAY A NEW CHAPTER- Starting high school was supposed to be a fresh start for Kaia. Instead, she finds herself caught between toxic friendships, confusing new connections, and the pressure to become someone she's not. While trying to fit into a world full of loud personalities and hidden drama, Kaia begins to question who truly cares about her and whether staying quiet has only made her feel more alone.

Emily likes to swim, she wants to go pro. But when an english grade drops her GPA and threatens to kick her from the team. Her teacher offers a deal. Bring back a reclusive shut - in. Or perish in despair! __________________________________________________________________________________ [Full synopsis in first part]

Evan Vale has a dream. Unfortunately, he also has zero social skills. Online, he's confident, admired, and somehow cool. In real life, he is the literal opposite. But when he accidentally joins a band, gets dragged into late-night rehearsals, and meets people who refuse to leave him alone, Evan's quiet life starts to fall apart, in the best way possible. With a guitar in hand and no idea what he's doing, he might finally become more than just another background character.

She is the quiet, shy girl who lacks confidence in herself or anyone else for that matter. He is the perfect cliché: too handsome, too nice, too popular, too everything. All seems to separate them, yet one idyllic summer was enough to prove them wrong. With the start of the new school year bringing this interlude to an end, they never imagined they would see each other again... That was without counting on fate, which was determined to upset all the young woman's well-established plans! A simple glance is enough to make us feel different, for better or for worse. _____________________________________________________________________ Hey dear readers, Thank you for coming here and taking the time to read this first published story of mine. I try my best to give you an English version of it, but keep in mind that this isn't my native language, and some mistakes can still in ... Your (kind) advices and words are welcome <3

The cutting cold winds of Winter burns through the hearts of Many... (Male Reader X Temari) (Naruto X Male Todoroki Insert)

A depressed loner who hides behind different masks. She navigates school life and the hardships of the teenage years. Who is she? She truthfully doesn't know. She only knows her age, 16. And her name. Lysandra.

The swing next to hers used to move. Now it's still. Chloe was five when she learned what friendship felt like. She was eight when she learned it could disappear. By thirteen, the only person she trusted was a stranger on her phone. This is not a love story. It's just the space between two swings. TW: Grooming, suicide, bullying, depression, anxiety, major character death.

Polar opposites sharing bunk beds and possibly falling in love in the process. Alex would not believe it in a billion years. ***** Alex is an only child, a force of nature, and an academic machine. At least, she likes to focus on those aspects of her life. At night she dwells on past heartbreak, stalks her dad's perfect mistress, and powers through panic attacks. It's a nice little bubble she's constructed, and only one person is strong enough to trespass it. It wasn't Jonathan's intention to land up in the house of the girl who most despises him, much less to take up a bunk bed in her room, but there's not much of a choice at hand. His father kicked him out, his mother turned his back on him, and his life turned on its head in an instant. After all, it's hard to keep everything the same when you suddenly have a roommate. A plethora of movie nights, heated arguments and surprising reveals later, neither of them know what to believe anymore. How can you hate the only person who can truly give you peace? Alex may be excellent at climbing the ladder that separates her from her lovely predicament, but she may not be ready for the fall that comes next. #tsc22

How I healed

Raehyun and Jaehyuk meet because their girlfriends are best friends. The rest is history. WARNINGS Fluff Angst Smut Sex Cheating Kissing (And everything else in a typical romance story)

Green Roses follows the 1st person point of view of a young girl named Nara Rose Gemini. Nara is socially reserved and withdrawn, Yet lonely and desiring companionship. The Story takes place in the 1900s somewhere in Pennsylvania. Nara's life greatly changes when she accidentally encounters a boy named Otto Bluebell, who ends up becoming her best friend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Estimated word count: 50-65k

Because she doesn't like coffee, she asked for something else. And the young barista just happened to make something, not on the menu. Just for her. He thought that was only for one time, yet the same high school girl, coming again the next day and asking the same thing. The hot barista now was in despair, despite that he was already breaking the rules. Should he break the rules again? Or should he just break the girl's heart? This uneasiness inside him just made him gone crazy.

Fourteen-year-old Lanjo Zampa perceives the world in jagged edges and electric hums. To him, the local fairground isn't a place of fun-it's a sensory minefield of thundering machinery and blinding neon. Protected by his older sister, Cherry, and his trusty green noise-cancelling headphones, Lanjo braves the chaos for one goal: to see the world from the top of the "Star-Gazer" ferris wheel. But when a mechanical failure strands them at the very peak, the siblings are thrust into a sudden, forced silence high above the suburban sprawl. In the stillness of the night sky, Lanjo finally confesses his deepest fear-that his brain is "broken" and needs fixing. In a rare moment of vulnerability, Cherry reveals that her own bold aesthetic isn't just a style, but the "armor" she uses to survive the same loud world. Together, they discover that their differences aren't disabilities to be cured, but strengths that simply require the right environment to flourish.

Why me? A question I have always asked. Not because I want myself to be the victim. Not because I want to drown myself into a hopeless pity party . Nor because I'm willing to put myself in the spotlight, creating a scene where people are supposed to give me their fake piece of empathy. It's just, that it's always me. Zyran appears perfect in class, has his own sense of morality shaped by his devestating situation at home and treats everyone fairly. It's just that his fragile heart still hasn't found its own shape yet. When the barrier between wrong and right has been blurred. Influences, depression, manipulation and sorrow. Zyran just tries to seek the one thing that could keep himself together, Solitude. Heyyy, english is not my first language but I'm trying the best I can!!! Ps: I love to learn languages and you could sometimes stumble across an unknown word🤭✨ (the definition is given at the end of each chapter) Well enjoyy!!!

Lower your expectations. Never get hung on the unpredictable line of hope. This is Koen Seo's philosophy. A stoic basketball captain in a color-muted world and a painful history of being left behind. He mastered the the art of expecting the bare minimum. But when he gets his finger dislocated by a blue-haired boy named Aven Aoyama, his world slowly starts shattering. His best friend's secret relationship comes as a sting of betrayal, leaving him in a state of total isolation-vowing to keep to his zero expectations rule. What starts as an agonizing accident turns into a summer of unwanted proximity. The blue-haired boy doesn't stay a memory on the court. He follows Koen home. Wears his clothes after a rainstorm. Sits at his dinner table as if he belongs. A new neighbor resembling a socially chaotic blue whirlwind. He becomes witness to Koen's deeply hidden traumas that summer. Pulls him from the depths of drowning a second time. Rewriting what swimming in a pool means for Koen. Playing a sport for just fun should feel like. Koen finds himself letting go of his irritation towards the blue boy. He even mends his relationship with his best friend. Everything feels... lighter. Like it's worth living again. Just as Koen begins to believe that life might be worth the risk of hoping, Aven just... disappears after a single kiss. His house becomes a vacant echo of their time together down the street. Emptiness taking over the park where they goofed around. The poolside a blackhole of invitation to stop living. Lower your expectations, Koen reminds himself before he can let the unpredictable line of hope suffocate him. But Aven shows up at his school after summer. A new student joining the basketball team where their worlds collide in broken promises and fist fights before simmering into something dangerously addicting and fulfilling. Koen learns to expect without reservations and Aven learns how to be the undeniable exception.

Experiencing first teenage romance may be rough. Especially if you two only talk over instagram, then it is a bit destined to failure. This is a story of a boy and a girl, whom had so much potentional to be together, yet failed miserably, never being able to speak again.

Male! Shōko Komi [2016-2024] Book 23 Stranger to Friends to Lovers " I...want to be...L - L/n-san's...friend... " Unbeknownst to Komi Shiro, he is practically worshipped by everyone at the school. If they are not in life with him, they want to BE him. Or they want him out of the picture so they can get with class princess L/n Y/n. While it is written in the stars to everyone else that these two are meant for each other, Y/n sees Komi as her first true friend and wants nothing more than to help him in his goal in making ninety-nibe more. While she does not trust people as her friends, she may be forced to break down her walls and begin to open up, making friends she would never had without who she is beginning to realize it's the love of her life. " Ki no kiita koto wa ienai kedo Issho ni neko ni ai ni ikimasen ka? Sasai na yorokobi tachi wo Sodatete ikimasen ka? " If you identify as anything other than female, please still feel free to read this and just replace the pronouns. None of the art is mine.