الأحد، 27 أكتوبر 2013

Social Anxiety Vs Self-Confidence

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By Kenneth L. Johnson


Social anxiety disorder treatment is a subject that few seem to want to talk about openly with their friends just in case their friends think they have flipped!Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) creates intense feelings of fear in almost any social settings, in particular, when a person is "put under the spotlight" in an unfamiliar situation, or when they feel that at are being closely observed or scrutinized by others. Feeling what others may be thinking of you, or perhaps that you don't belong in certain situations, is a quite common experience.
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While counseling with people, I attempt to coach them to see the brilliance that I see from my perspective. My challenge is to help them to identify the misconceptions in our lives and uncover those brilliant qualities within. When this process is accomplished I feel like a very lucky duck. Though it may seem very easy to go through this process, it is tricky to understand. Uncovering your internal brilliance may be simple, however, it isn't done easily. If I were to look at the clients I counsel as broken and screwed up, I wouldn't be able to help them be anything different.

Some stressful triggers for all those who suffer from social anxiety disorder:Meeting new people,Being criticized or teased,Speaking in public meetings,Eating/ drinking in public,Attending meetings, parties or some other social settings,Talking with authoritative people,Being the centre of attention,A dispute with close friend or relative,Things that can help in raising your self-esteem:Avoid chocolates, energy drinks, tea, and caffeine as these act as stimulants that may increase anxiety,Do mild exercise, such as taking a short walk, dancing, and jogging,Spend more time with friends,Try doing things you've been putting off. You will feel much confident and better afterwards.Join local voluntary service, because satisfaction that you will get by helping others can be great for your self-esteem.

Social anxiety disorder treatment:Relaxations techniques ,Try relaxation techniques such as yoga, deep breathing exercise, muscle relaxation, and medication, as they will help you in controlling various physical symptoms of anxiety. You can easily get muscle relaxation and deep breathing CD's from online stores or local health shops.Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) ,This is one of the most successful social anxiety disorder treatments, and has worked well for millions who have suffered from social anxiety disorder (social phobia). This therapy is based on the fact that what you think will eventually affect the way you feel, and your feelings have a direct bearing on your behaviour. Therefore, once you are successful in changing the way you think in certain social settings that provoke anxiety in you, you will feel much relaxed and better.

In treating social anxiety with medications, anti-anxiety and anti-depression drugs are typically tried, along with some CBT. Both beta-blockers and MAO-inhibitors are generally used to aid in reducing social phobia, but each person's reaction will differ, so it is impossible to say that one drug specifically will be the right one. Practicing other anxiety reduction techniques, as well as self-help methods which can be researched can all help as well, whether used in combination with medications or on their own. The most important thing to remember is that social anxiety disorder is treatable, and it is possible for sufferers to lead normal, social lives with treatment.You're sitting in a crowded restaurant for a work party. You know some of these people, but that doesn't matter. Feeling your sweaty palms and shaky limbs, you start to think of the questions always plaguing your thoughts in every social situation.What will they think of me? What if I do something embarrassing? Will they see my face turn red? Will they laugh?And the list goes on. The cycle begins and you have a horrible time, but can't even think about that yet until you find a way out of there. As the walls seemingly close in around you, your unease grows unbearably.This, my friends, is social anxiety. Plenty of people suffer from it. It may even seem surprising to you or you may be completely familiar with this problem. How to overcome social anxiety is a question many have.

You're not alone when it comes to suffering from anxiety. You probably feel that you're the only one who goes red or chokes up if you have to talk to someone. The biggest step to take when trying to overcome anxiety is the first, the first step is realising there is a problem and then searching for answers to deal with it. By reading this article and similar you are already on to the path of overcoming social anxiety.Here are few techniques that you can use straight away to help prevent and handle your anxiety.

Social anxiety disorder treatment is wide and varied today and can be easily applies when you fully understand its triggers. Various relaxation techniques along with CBT can give good results over a period of time. If the problem is chronic, medications can be included in the treatment to get faster results, but it's always better if you can use a natural cure.Can you overcome Social anxiety? Yes you can. The reactions and feelings you experience in social situations are from the thoughts you think. Have you noticed that the thoughts you thought leading up to your feeling of anxiety were negative? Was you telling yourself something bad was going to happen or did you run a movie in your mind about how the situation would go?

Try to balance the inhale and exhale process of breathing and take deep breaths. You can consciously slow your breathing down even though your thoughts are creating you to breathe quickly. Just by recognising that your starting to feel anxious, tell yourself to slow your breathing down. Just by doing this you will feel better and divert your thoughts.

This is proven by body language. If you really like someone then you will hold your body is toward the person. If you don't like the person you will naturally turn yourself away from them. These thoughts create subtle changes in our body language.By changing your thinking habits from negative thoughts to positive thoughts, you can start to overcome your anxiety. By changing the movies and pictures you create in your mind your body will start to react in the same positive way. You can also consciously change the way you hold yourself to feel better.

Try this exercise now. Sit up straight, sit up so that you have perfect posture. Now think of someone with massive confidence and authority and copy the way they would sit. Did you notice your shoulder go back a little and your chest came out a bit? Think of something funny you remember. How do you feel? Great, right? By shying away from your social anxiety your body will act like a servant to your thoughts. Start to pan your day in the morning by seeing the day going perfectly, see yourself handling social situations and you gaining more and more confidence.Social anxiety affects most of us and those who are not affected by it have learned how to handle social situations. There thought process is totally different to yours, they're not afraid of what people mights say, they don't care of being judged they happy within themselves. Do these people ever find themselves in uncomfortable embarrassing situations? No, because they're not thinking about them.




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