Social Anxiety Disorder

Have you looked into taking cold showers? They seem to help with anxiety

 

I've been suffering from social anxiety as well, so I want to share what helped to reduce the social anxiety

1. Yes, NoFap helps a lot in reducing the social anxiety, so if you PM try to stop or reduce the consumption of it
2. Read these two books: 1. "How to be yourself" by Ellen Hendriksen, and "A new earth" by Eckhar Tolle. Those two books will tell you exactly why you are anxious and how to get over it
3. Have a friend that you can trust to share with him/her what you feel and what challenges you go through,
4. Seek professional help if possible, I know it is very expensive, but if you can having a few sessions with a therapist help a lot

Also, we are always here to support each other, so feel free to post what challenges you go through

 

Acknowledge that you are shy. That's ok, it's not a bad thing. Something that really helped me out was hanging out among people who were like me, eventually, you'll become more comfortable around people.

Also, avoid behaviors that go against your morale, ethics, and stuff that makes you feel like a weird (I'm talking specifically about porn. Once you remove that, you naturally become to feel more confident around real people.)

 

Desensitize yourself by being very social and mingling with as many people as you can. Monsters only live in the closet in the dark. If you turn the light on by forcing yourself to be more social, the anxiety of it goes away. That works for me anyway since whatever I fear, I face and confront, then it has less power over me. Hope that helps.

 

You should make eye contact with people for 2 or 3 seconds then look away. When you aren't looking to the person you should nod to make it known that you're listening. Wait 1 or 2 minutes and then make eye contact again.

 

i think for a person with social anxiety, it will be difficult to sync with the conversation and making eye contact at the same time..also at there will be difficulty in maintaining the relax breathing pattern during conversation which make us even more nervous..the main problem here is a person with social anxiety became 'over conscious' about their looks and expressions rather than focusing or involving in the conversation.