Archive for the 'Social Anxiety' Category
When Social Anxiety is No Longer the Problem
December 1st, 2009Over the last few months, I have hit a point where my improvement has all but stagnated. For a while I was doing so well removing my irrational fears, learning to socialize better, and building my confidence until I finally hit a brick wall. What was worse was that this brick wall, compared to everything [...]
How Do I Get A Date With the Hot Waitress?
July 28th, 2008Today I went for lunch at a large chain restaurant. Very quickly I was greeted and seated, and soon my waitress appeared. Physically she met my definition of a perfect 10 and I wanted very badly to talk to her. She attempted to flirt a little bit, but I quickly came to the conclusion that [...]
5 Exciting Places to Meet New Friends
July 26th, 2008If you’re trying to overcome social anxiety, you are probably hoping to make new friends. For many this is a scary prospect as having never been good at doing this, you may not know where to go. Considering to beautiful weather we have been having, and that fall in not that far away, I have [...]
Was I Socially Distressed?
July 9th, 2008by Dave Marshall of www.nlpman.eu
I don’t know whether I would have been classed as socially distressed when I was young. I was certainly very, very, very, shy and this shyness affected me all throughout my teenage years and through my twenties and into my thirties. And then I had an idea, I was working [...]
Am I Socially Anxious Or Just Shy – Overcoming Social Anxiety Disorder
June 14th, 2008Matt at “Overcoming Social Anxiety Disorder” has written a very interesting Blog on the shyness and social anxiety disorder. Personally I choose to believe that the two are the same beast because they involve the same irrational fears. My social anxieties in some ways extend directly from my shyness as a kid, and because [...]
Anxiety, Dating, and Exercise
June 12th, 2008Everyone knows that exercise is for the most part good for them, but there are a number of advantages to exercise that many people don’t know. Of these, two are relevant to this blog. You may already know or have noticed that exercise can make you more relaxed. Another side effect, that I only know [...]
The Therapeutic Qualities of Social Networks
June 11th, 2008Since it was released, I have been hearing quite a bit about this new social network called “Plurk.” Initially I put off joining as I didn’t want to have to interact with people to build another network of friends. Finally yesterday I decided to join and see what all of the hype was about. Initially [...]
Social Anxiety | Make Decisions! | General Information | Dealing With Social Anxiety
June 10th, 2008I stumbled upon this post earlier as I was checking through my feeds. Prior to this I had always looked at the effect of my anxiety on the decisions I made, but never the other way around. After reading it however, I am going to try to force myself to make decisions more quickly, and [...]
5 Ways to Boost Your Confidence to a New Level
June 10th, 2008Image courtesy of AarinFreePhoto.com.
Continue to Learn – The more you know, the more you have to be confident about. Why not fill in with knowledge in areas where you’re not so confident. Generally it helps to pick subjects that are relevent to the people you are around. Perhaps sports, music, movies or current news [...]
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 [...]
