My social anxiety is serious,I would say at its most intense I rate it 8.5-9/10,especially during gathering,I fear to speak up because I am afraid people will not reply and ignore me.How can I overcome my fear and speak up a little?Any of you had experience overcoming social anxiety?How serious is your social anxiety?
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Do a little bit and try. I think they call it flooding but I don’t go for too much psychological mumbo jumbo.
Anxiety sux. I used to have decent anxiety and took xanax for years. Took me a long time but just doing things without the xanax and taking my time but engaging with situations definately helped. It’s not easy but you set yourself little goals and just go out there and try.
I’m different from most as I’ve always been social. Most social interactions aren’t about meaning. Often it’s all about listening and replying in kind. Most of the english language is redundant. It’s not about meaning it’s about social interaction so keep the talking up. Listen to what is said and reply accordingly! It’s difficult but doable!
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I have social phobia. My pdoc from a long time ago said if you put yourself in situations that make you nervous it should help. I’ve found that to be correct. You have to pace yourself though because you get exhausted with fighting the anxiety.
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It’s also important to take baby steps…for example I’m afraid to eat in public because I think I’m going to throw up. I just start out eating a little bit, then the next time eating a little bit more…then after like 5 times I’ll eat the whole plate.
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I have family meeting once a month and these meeting is my worse fear,I fear in the future I am going to meet my GF family also,worry that I might get very anxious too which I hope I won’t
I don’t know how can I get practice in these two situation…I also have fear talking to my worker on the delivery team
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If you have a chance I would start out going to a smaller group of people, then build up to your family meeting. Or you might not want to do this but you can tell your family that you have social anxiety and if they understand then that would help you.
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They know.They didn’t really help me in overcoming,I can only help myself that’s why I asked here
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