Social Anxiety Blogs

I know how hard this is for you. Two years ago, I was giving a presentation in my English class and literally broke down crying in front of everyone because I cared so much about my grade yet I was frozen in fear because I forgot what to say.

The number one thing I can tell you is to remember that you are who you are, not what you look like. One of my biggest problems was imagining what all the other people were seeing in me while I talked. Just be yourself all the time. Like the other commenter said, let go of perfectionism. Look at the world in a more light-hearted manner. Laugh at yourself when you make mistakes. It seems hard, but once you start being more light-hearted and easy-going, your lifestyle will change and you will let go of SAD.

Hope this helps.

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It can be tough to be in College with Social Anxiety, or anywhere for that matter.

Here are five tips on how to help social anxiety.

1) Work on building feelings of trust. Trust (faith) is the opposite of fear. Another way to look at it is Social Anxiety is a lack of trust in something (could be a lack of trust in others, or a lack of trust in oneself, or both). In any case building Trust (or Faith) is a powerful antidote to Social Anxiety.

2) Let go of perfectionism. Social Anxiety has a lot to do with perfectionism. People with perfectionistic tendencies tend to be hard on themselves, which causes anxiety.

3) Use your imagination. People with social anxiety tend to give up one dreaming of a better life and their imaginations shut down. Allow yourself to dream again of a better life (in detail).

4) Meditate. Meditation has been proven to help social anxiety. There are also many types of mediation to choose from.

5) Attend support groups. (Especially groups that are focused on how to get better and not just focused on the problem). There are both local and face to face support groups for social anxiety. If your social anxiety makes you want to avoid a group, a great alternative is a telephone support group. This allows you to just listen if talking in a group is too much at first. One great provider of great local and telephone Social Anxiety support groups is Social Anxiety Anonymous, their services are free of charge (they are volunteer run) and these tips are taken from 'tools of recovery' used in their groups.

They also have lots of great self-help advice (some very unique that you will not see anywhere else) on their website.