Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Explained

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Solution

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Shyness

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My Story

It was at the age of 18 that i first started to experience social anxiety it took me until 24 to end it. Before the age of 18 I was as confident as anyone could be, so my first steps to recovery were remembering how my thought patterns were back then. The confidence i had before 18 came down to the fact I was able to drift through life without ever observing my own behaviour in social situations I was able to not care about other peoples opinions of me. I remember the first signs of social phobia, it was the thought that I didn't no what to say, now prior to me being alerted to this there are two possibilities, either I was content to not contribute to the conversation or the thought never came into my head and I was able to converse freely. I believe that worrying about not knowing what to say then snowballed into me worrying that I was making other people uncomfortable with my silence, which later on led to more powerful symptoms like paranoia. Later on I also developed a strong feeling of self consciousness where walking through a crowded room I would feel as thou I was being watched and this would make me more couscous of my walk, which would lead to an unnatural walking style. The same thing would apply to my facial expression when I thought I was being looked at, my jaw would become tense and I would be confused about what to look at, both these symptoms have been mentioned countless times by posters on numerous sa related boards. I believe this relates to an extreme level of self consciousness.
What I am trying to do here is show you how the pattern of sa works. I was aware that these thoughts were untrue (being stared at, being judged) but was unable to stop them as they appeared to operate on an automatic unconscious level which would override the conscious thoughts by effecting me physically and emotionally. I made two more observations one is that in the company of people I felt comfortable with I was not able to experience these negative thoughts unconsciously, when I would experiment by forcing these negative thoughts in good company, I observed that they would have no physical or emotional effect. I define feeling comfortable by the fact that I had established a rapport with them in the past and I was aware that the person liked me or knew that I was capable of easy interaction, which shows that another root of my sp was that I needed to be liked. An understanding of these concepts helped me to come up with a solution to social anxiety. I have not looked back since. I must stress that I have no medical training but am simply a person who overcame anxiety using a combination of factors that I would like to share with you.

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Explained

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Solution

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Shyness

Social Anxiety / Social Phobia Lifestyle

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