So I just finished my first day of 8th grade today and it was the most stressful day of my life on the count of my intense crowd anxiety. No one wanted to talk to me, and if they did I'm way too shy to even try to think of a conversation, so basically I have no friends. I'm still a new student at that school and every time I'm in a class, my hands sweat profusely and when everybody stares at me I just want to run out of the entire school. I don't want to go to a therapist or gets meds because I have had bad experiences with them. I have talked to counselors but it doesn't seem to help. Any other suggestions?