Archive for June, 2008
May’s Progress
June 10th, 2008Here’s a quick overview of the progress I made during May. The weather is finally getting warmer here in the north-east US, so I have been starting to get more exercise. I spent quite a bit of time researching and learning. I continued my research into NLP techniques, and started to look at the world [...]
Dating 101 for the Socially Anxious
June 7th, 2008Ok, so you’ve managed to overcome your anxiety enough to get a date, and now you’re feeling the dread of the infamous first date. How can you do it? What will you say? Will you sink or swim? Ooooh, the anxiety.
Don’t Panic. Did you bring your towel?
Relax, most of your anxiety is most likely [...]
Blogging as Therapy for Social Anxiety – Can it Help?
June 5th, 2008Lately there has been quite a bit of news about how blogging can be therapeutic and I have been reading along. I have been blogging for over two years, and I had never stopped to think about how it might be therapeutic up until I started seeing articles pop up on Digg, Slashdot, and the [...]
Can I Always Be “Present?” – Thoughts About Being In the “NOW”
June 5th, 2008When I first read “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, my first thought was “How can I always be in the now, and still have things to work toward?” It seems like goals are always in the future, so it would seem at first glance that Mr. Tolle would have us believe that we [...]
Site Updates
June 5th, 2008Over the past few days, I have been working very hard on the site. The site is now accessible via www.sociallydistressed.com. In addition, I re-vamped the look of the site quite a bit, and will be making additional changes over the next few days.
I hope that everyone enjoys the content I have been providing, [...]
Service Disruptions
June 4th, 2008I would like to apologize for any difficulties anyone has accessing the site over the next 24 hours. I had the bright idea of purchasing sociallydistressed.com, and made a few errors rushing to set it up. With luck, everything will be solid by 5:00 tonight.
Once again I apologize for the inconvenience.
Andy
Social Anxiety, Self Confidence, Knowledge and Depression – The Connections
June 3rd, 2008Managing our social anxiety requires that we cope with a number of factors in addition to the anxiety itself. As the title suggests, the three factors that I will discuss are self-confidence, knowledge, and depression with hope of providing insight into how they relate to and effect your ability to control your social anxiety.
Many times [...]
NLP Resources
June 1st, 2008I have mentioned NLP in many of my articles, but I have been trying to avoid writing too much about it, because I do not feel I know enough to do the subject any justice. At the same time I have been itching to introduce everyone to this amazing field as it has been [...]
Crazy Easy Confidence Builder!
June 1st, 2008Crazy Easy Confidence Builder!
Not suprisingly, here’s another article that reccomends saying “Hi” to people. The author also suggests a few other tips to help you build you confidence. If you need help in this area, check it out!
Social Anxiety? Just Say No! | General Information | Dealing With Social Anxiety
June 1st, 2008Social Anxiety? Just Say No! General Information Dealing With Social Anxiety
This post offers a very simple, yet effective method of retraining negative thoughts. However, I felt the need to throw in my two cents, because I have a slightly different method that is very similar, yet has been much more effective for [...]
