Do you feel self-conscious in social situations? Are you often afraid that others are judging you? Do everyday interactions cause you significant anxiety or embarrassment? And has this fear gotten in the way of living your life? If you have social anxiety, you might feel hopeless that things will ever change, but you’re wrong. Social anxiety is treatable and today you’ll learn my top five tips for creating a more relaxed and connected life.
Resources for How to Overcome Social Anxiety
Why Your Lizard Brain is Keeping You Stuck and Specific Tools to Start Connecting
Progressive Relaxation Body Scan with Dr. Abby Medcalf
Good Morning Guided Meditation with Dr. Abby Medcalf
Guided Visualization to Stop Negative Thinking
3 Tips to Calm Yourself in Seconds
How Changing Your Breathing and Posture Can Change Your Life
The Secrets to Effectively Dealing with Stress and Anxiety Part One
The Secrets to Effectively Dealing with Stress and Anxiety Part Two
Support in US: https://www.nami.org/support-education/nami-helpline
Find support groups in US (including Puerto Rico), Canada, Australia and South Africa (also virtual support here): https://adaa.org/supportgroups
Support in UK: https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk
Support in Canada: https://www.anxietycanada.com/get-help
Support in Australia: https://www.sane.org/get-support
Research for How to Overcome Social Anxiety
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Text Revision Dsm-5-tr
Herring, M. P., & Lindheimer, J. B. (2013). The Effects of Exercise Training on Anxiety. American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1177/1559827613508542
Cougle, J. R., Wilver, N. L., Day, T. N., Summers, B. J., Okey, S. A., & Carlton, C. N. (2020). Interpretation Bias Modification Versus Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Social Anxiety Disorder: A Web-Based Controlled Trial. Behavior Therapy, 51(1), 99-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.05.009
Lee, M. A., Cameron, O. G., & Greden, J. F. (1985). Anxiety and caffeine consumption in people with anxiety disorders. Psychiatry Research, 15(3), 211-217. https://doi.org/10.1016/0165-1781(85)90078-2
Choosing Healthy Fats, Healthguide.org
Horenstein, A., Morrison, A. S., Goldin, P., ten Brink, M., Gross, J. J., & Heimberg, R. G. (2019). Sleep quality and treatment of social anxiety disorder. Anxiety, Stress, & Coping, 32(4), 387–398. https://doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2019.1617854
Social Anxiety Disorder: More Than Just Shyness, National Institute of Mental Health
Norton, A. R., Abbott, M. J., Norberg, M. M., & Hunt, C. (2015). A Systematic Review of Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(4), 283-301. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.22144
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