Shyness and social anxiety can range from mild to extremely debilitating. It can stop people from developing friendships, working, and even going anywhere in public. Many celebrities/historical figures suffer from social anxiety – Abraham Lincoln, Albert Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Michelle Pfieffer, David Bowie, David Letterman, Nicole Kidman, …
There are three very distinct components to social anxiety. It’s important to understand what they are for several reasons. 1 – To overcome social anxiety, you must identify the types of symptoms you are having. What kinds of feelings, thoughts, and behaviors are you experiencing when you feel that anxiety coming on? 2 – When …
The 5 Second Rule May Be Your Anxiety Solution We all worry from time to time, but when your worrying becomes an automatic habit, that is when you run into problems. When your habit of worrying spirals out of control, you have anxiety. There are many forms of anxiety, but this worry habit is the …
How to stop worrying with one simple question Have you ever been so worried about something that you couldn’t sleep, eat, or enjoy life like you should? Incessant worrying is like a disease. It festers in your mind and robs you of enjoying life. Those of us with anxiety suffer from unnecessary worry all the …
How to Calm Down When Anxious Using Grounding Techniques Have you ever been in a situation where you start to panic because you can feel an anxiety attack coming on? The thoughts start to go off in your mind… “Don’t panic, stay calm”, but this only makes you focus on the impending anxiety attack even …
Proven strategy for social anxiety – Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) Have you seen how many social anxiety techniques are out there? There are tons of them! But which ones actually work? I struggled with social anxiety for years and years. I had the rapid heart rate, the shaking, the awkwardness, the quiet voice, and I …
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How Anxiety Tricks You Anxiety, whether it be social anxiety or any other kind of anxiety, is a trickster. Usually the methods we employ to try and fix the anxiety backfire. The methods we use seem logical, but they have the opposite effect and actually make the anxiety worse. Why is this? Let’s think about …
Great video from Stanford Graduate School of Business Professor Matt Abrahams How to think fast and talk smart Matt Abrahams talks about studies that have been done that show that 85% of people get anxiety before public speaking. He says the other 15% are probably lying, and I completely agree with him. This is a …
The title of this book screams – “how to manipulate people”. Well, at least it did to me. But after reading it, I can say it’s actually a great book with sound principals that are genuine in nature. Dale’s methods are still used today in business and personal life, even though many are thought to …
Those of us who have or have had social anxiety know that your day is filled with an extreme fear of being judged, rejected, or negatively evaluated. We fear and avoid anything that will trigger our social anxiety – it drains the life out of you. We find it easier to simply avoid social interactions …