Social Anxiety

How To Overcome Performance Anxiety: Don't Think Of It As A Performance

Tamar Chansky | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Social Anxiety, Regina Spektor, Enhancing Performance, Managing Stress, Work-Life Stress, Public Speaking, Performance Anxiety, Anxiety, Emotional Intelligence, Social Phobia, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

People aren't on the sidelines judging our lives with the clipboard and whistle, and we shouldn't be either.

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Why Facebook Is Killing God?

Nigel Barber | Posted 02.28.2012

Read More: Social Anxiety, Narcissism, Religion, Atheism, Age of Anxiety, Facebook, Atheism and Religion, Atheism and Facebook, Atheism in Developed Countries, Atheism-Trends, Home News

Apologists for religion might argue that people are becoming more anxious and depressed because they no longer rely upon religion as a source of emotional security. Yet, this explanation is almost certainly wrong.

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Be More Interested Than Interesting -- Overcoming Holiday Shyness

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Social Anxiety, Holidays, Family, Shyness, How Overcome Shyness, Overcoming Shyness, Shyness Overcome, Emotional Intelligence, Social Shyness, Healthy Living News

Despite all the writing, speaking and networking I do, I am quite shy. One of the reasons I push myself to be "out there" is that I think if I stopped all such activities for three months, I would revert back to the introvert that still lives within.

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Dealing With Holiday Office Party Anxiety

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Friend, Christmas Party, Social Anxiety, Social Cues, Awkward, No Friends, Friendship Advice, Difficulty Making Friends, Can?T Make Friends, Medication, Misreading Social Cues, Women News

I want to go to a workplace party this Christmas, but the idea of standing in a crowded room on my own fills me with dread.

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Is It Shyness -- Or Social Phobia?

AP | LAURAN NEERGAARD | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Psychiatry Study, Shyness in Teenagers, Shy Teenagers, Mental Disorders in Teens, Teens, Social Phobia, Shyness in Kids, Shyness, Parents News

WASHINGTON — Does your teen show normal nerves about the weekend party, or always stay home? Nearly half of teenagers say they're shy, perhaps ...

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Want To Be More Giving? Try Warming Your Hands

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Relationships, Social Rejection, Anxiety, Wellness, Healthy Living News

A recent article Tylenol reduces hurt feelings and social pain. Furthermore, this study also showed that 2,000 mg of Tylenol reduces the brain's response to social pain.

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Using Socratic Questioning To Help Social Anxiety

Judith S. Beck, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety Help, Social Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Disorder, Anxiety Help, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

My client, I'll call her Alison, has social anxiety. Like many people with her problem, she holds a strong belief: "I shouldn't call attention to myself."

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Confessions of a Psychoanalyst: Performance Anxiety and the Dread of Shame

Helen Davey | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Stress Anxiety, Social Anxiety, Stress and Anxiety, Overcoming Anxiety, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

Shame is the primary indicator of not belonging to oneself. In shame, you belong to other people's eyes.

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Friendship in a Box: What's going on?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I haven't seen anything like this on your blog, so maybe others have the same question. I have a close friend I met about two ...

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Hot Guy Phobia

Mike Alvear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gay Dating Tips, Gay Relationships, Gay Bars, Gay Advice, Gay Dating, Gay Dating Advice, Social Anxiety, Dating Advice, Style News

It goes something like this: You see a beautiful guy at a gay bar or a party and you want to meet him in the worst way. But fear matches your desire. Doubt sets in. Alarms go off.

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Accepting Social Fears

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Fear, Laughter, Social Phobia, Healthy Living News

Working with social anxiety - and phobias - can take many forms including therapy, meditation, and medication. And I have found that humor also helps.

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4 Ways To Get Past Cold Feet (Or Any Kind Of Anxiety)

Therese Borchard | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cold Feet, Anxiety, Happiness, Social Anxiety, Decisions, Depression, Mental Health, Anxiety Disorder, Agoraphorbia, Generalized Anxiety, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News

Fresh Living blogger Holly Lebowitz Rossi recently wrote a helpful post on how to get past cold feet or any second-guessing for that matter. She write...

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Major League Stress Test

David Vines | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Khalil Greene, Social Anxiety Disorder, Dontrelle Willis, Anxiety, Sad, Joey Votto, Health, Social Anxiety, Sports, Baseball Social Anxiety, Baseball, Rick Ankiel, Healthy Living News

Baseball players having anxiety issues on the field is well documented, perhaps more so than in any other sport.

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Eating Disorder Roulette

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Preppies, Anorexia, New Research, Teens, Eating Disorders, High School, Jocks, Emo, Bulimia, Goths, Athletics, Social Anxiety, High School Dropouts, Healthy Living News

Why do teens get eating disorders? Blame it on their friends! But wait, it's not that simple. In fact, it doesn't matter which group teen girls actually fall into, but only which group they most identify with.

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