“ Journaling Tips -Try to write every day. Set aside a special time--perhaps right before you go to bed--to reflect on what… — Heather Moehn Blank space Copy Share Image
“ Problems in Your Social Life Social anxiety can make you feel empty and alone. You may feel as though you go… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Generalized Social Anxiety In contrast to people with specific social anxieties, you may be afraid in a wide variety of situations.… — Heather Moehn High school Copy Share Image
“ Exposure Therapy Exposure therapy, also known as desensitization, works best with very specific anxieties and phobias. For example, Jessica is deathly… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Sociological Explanations Sociologists theorize that people can live together in peace because of the development of a social hierarchy that ranges… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Changing Expectations by Estimating Probability A step in correcting your inaccurate expectations is to figure out how likely it is that… — Heather Moehn Friendship Copy Share Image
“ Self-Consciousness In addition to the divisions of specific and generalized social anxiety, experts also identify two types of self-consciousness: public self-consciousness… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy There are almost no pure cognitive or behavioral therapists. Instead, most therapists use a combination of both techniques. This… — Heather Moehn Big deal Copy Share Image
“ Ideas for Journal Entries You may find the following ideas useful in beginning your journal or keeping the entries varied. If… — Heather Moehn Art class Copy Share Image
“Shyness is not necessarily a problem. It can be a very nice aspect of your personality. Many introverted celebrities, such as Chelsea… — Heather Moehn Fear Copy Share Image
“ How to Perform Visualization To practice visualization, sit in a comfortable position and relax any muscle tension. Once you feel relaxed,… — Heather Moehn Bare feet Copy Share Image
“ Using the Worst-Case Scenario Technique Another way to correct inaccurate expectations is to imagine what would happen if the worst possible… — Heather Moehn First meet Copy Share Image
“ Genetics Genes are often referred to as the blueprint for human beings. It is well-known that they determine such things as… — Heather Moehn Center of attention Copy Share Image
“ How to Perform Paced Breathing Paced breathing is a slow, regular rate of deep breathing. There are three main points to… — Heather Moehn Breath Copy Share Image
“Besides the physical responses to an anxiety-causing situation, you may feel chronic stress or tension. Many people with social anxiety go through… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Fear of Dating Dating is a big part of the teenage years. Dances, parties, and other social events can make you… — Heather Moehn Fear Copy Share Image
“ Paced Breathing People who experience anxiety often breathe improperly. They take shallow breaths from their chests instead of deep breaths from… — Heather Moehn Walking around Copy Share Image
“ Who Suffers? If you have social anxiety, you are not alone. The National Comorbidity Study found social phobia to be the… — Heather Moehn Gender roles Copy Share Image
“ Family Patterns In studies, many shy people report that their parents have a controlling nature. If your parents are overprotective and… — Heather Moehn Family Copy Share Image
“ Replace Maladaptive Thoughts with Coping Statements When you feel anxious in social situations, you probably have many false beliefs and maladaptive… — Heather Moehn Anxiety Copy Share Image
“ Social Skills Training Social skills training is based on the belief that socially anxious people lack certain social skills, such as… — Heather Moehn Faith Copy Share Image
“ Problems in the Workplace This section shows how the problems you have in school carry over into the workplace. If you… — Heather Moehn Ask for help Copy Share Image
“ Modeling Modeling is the process of watching how others act in certain situations, then copying their behavior. For example, if you… — Heather Moehn Best friend Copy Share Image
“ Types of Degrees for Professionals When you begin to investigate therapists, you will probably see a wide array of initials following… — Heather Moehn Child development Copy Share Image
