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Social anxiety involves feelings of fear, apprehension or worry when in social situations and a worry of being evaluated by others. Particularly common is anxiety over public speaking, performance, or interviews, but it can be experienced in any social situation. Social anxiety often produces physical symptoms such as sweating and blushing. It also usually results in social situations being avoided.
Have you ever wanted to initiate a conversation with someone but didn’t know how? There are always times when I see someone I want to start a conversation with but am not exactly familiar with what I should say or how I should go about making the first move. This is frustrating because it has […]
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Published: 01-11-2010 | Link To This Entry
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Hi,
I’ve just been reading a forum post by David McKenna about how he’s improving his self-consciousness. Well done David!
Here’s an excerpt:
“im confy with people looking at me.
i decided put all my effort and all my focus into overcoming the self conciousness aspect of SA (and forget about the rest, relationships etc…) and try to overcome […]
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Published: 06-20-2008 | Link To This Entry
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Hi,
I just found a useful leaflet about social anxiety published by the NHS in the UK.
Here’s an excerpt:
“People who suffer from shyness or social anxiety often believe that
other people will think badly of them or that people will be
judging them. They think that they are being closely observed by
other people and they would like to […]
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Published: 06-12-2008 | Link To This Entry
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Hi,
Don’t you just hate it when you’re at a party and you just feel too anxious to talk to anyone.
I just read a forum post by someone about that problem and here’s what he said:
“ I was at a party today with 50 coworkers and all I could do is curl up against the wall […]
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Published: 06-06-2008 | Link To This Entry
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Hi,
I’ve just found an interesting forum thread about social anxiety and eye contact.
Here’s an excerpt:
“For me, one of the most debilitating and frustrating things that happens is my inability at times to make proper meaningful eye contact with people. I don’t mean the type where you want to keep your head down, but the sort […]
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Published: 06-05-2008 | Link To This Entry
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I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I decided it would be a good idea to speed my computer up by reinstalling Windows. Unfortunately this was a much longer and more stressful exercise than I had envisaged.
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Published: 07-03-2007 | Link To This Entry
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I’ve just found a web page that gives some good examples of what social anxiety is.
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Published: 06-21-2007 | Link To This Entry
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I’ve just found an excellent blog post with 85 techniques to help you to overcome shyness.
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Published: 06-20-2007 | Link To This Entry
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One excellent social anxiety strategy I’ve been using recently is ‘Slow Talk’.
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Published: 06-19-2007 | Link To This Entry
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This is the first weekend since I started blogging about social anxiety and it’s going pretty well.
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Published: 06-17-2007 | Link To This Entry
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