How to Help Your Social Anxiety Disorder

To fight social anxiety disorder, it's best to help your social disorder with your own willpower. If you can learn to take care of yourself, face your own problems, it helps builds more trust in yourself. Getting help with social anxiety disorder treatment from a psychologist might be needed. There's nothing wrong with getting help. If you have any anxiety attacks, then I'd recommend seeing one. Help is needed and it's okay to look for it. However, fighting this will take effort from yourself as well. I think social anxiety disorder is a very troubling problem we have in our society. I think it's something we need to pay closer attention to. If you know anyone suffering from SAD, show them your love and support. No one should have to go through this alone.

Usually something like this can happen from events that have taken place in a person's life. Something in their subconscious that they can't quite shake. It's very serious and difficult to deal with. It doesn't make someone less of a person going through it. Some of the most talented and intriguing people suffer from SAD. First step is realizing that you're not alone. You feel alone, but you're really not. Suffering from anxiety can be quite scary and lonely feeling. It can effect a person's social life, job, and change their entire life in general. It can honestly ruin a person, if they suffer from extreme social anxiety symptoms. SAD puts limits onto one's full potential.

I believe continuity can help trigger social anxiety disorder. I don't think it's healthy for one's mind to be limited to so little. You develop too much of a comfort zone, and anxiety takes it's effect when you're forced out of your comfort zone. I believe that is a problem most have, because then our actual minds become shut out from variety of different things. Even simple things, that can appear quite common. We as humans shouldn't be stuck in one familiar spot. We owe too much, and have much more to give to the world. It's time to break through continuity and avoid having limits. It's time to help your social anxiety disorder.

Instructions

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  Practice eye contact. I think a lot of times when suffering from social anxiety disorder, it's in a someone's natural instincts to look to the ground. Avoiding eye contact is a natural habit, that makes it even worse. A person gets nervous and sense of panic sets in. So it's only natural to look down when facing an interaction. A person might start to shake and even sweat a bit. Then the anxiety hits even more, then you're in a sudden panic. Practice making direct eye contact, without even talking. It will help relax you nerves.

  Sometimes just practicing eye contact without speaking settles your nerves. Learn to look into someone's eyes and study their body language first. Watching positive, peaceful, and relaxing body language can help settle your nerves a bit. It will help you relax and adjust to the person you're interacting with. It's hard to communicate with someone without studying body language interactions. I know this itself might not make a significant difference, but can make things a little easier.

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  Don't talk much and listen more. If you're out, decide to listen more than talk. You don't have to talk that much. Actually, the ones who say little are more interesting anyways. Majority of what people say, doesn't really need to be said. Only talk, or say things at your own pace. Until you can build up more confidence to speak, decide to listen more instead. Practice taking a deep breath first, and thinking about exactly what you're going to say first. Whisper it to yourself, then speak. Talk slowly and just take your time. If you speak too fast you'll just make yourself feel more tense.

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  Practice simple social situations. Those who suffer from a heavy dose of social anxiety disorders struggle with friendly greetings. Saying hello on the phone, or ordering food causes panic. Practice speaking on the phone with no one on it. Next, take the step by trying to actually do it. Rehearse what you're going to say before. That way it can become automatic and routine. If develop a routine socially, you'll learn to cope more.

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  Take small steps on greeting people. For example, say neighbor Joe id outside putting up Christmas lights. Ideally you tend to avoid being outside, fearing that it might mean a friendly encounter with Joe. Walk outside, take the garbage out and just greet neighbor Joe. Just say, "Hey Joe, how's the weather?". Keep it real simple and casual. Keep doing it until you adjust. Then next time, go a bit further with your interactions with neighbor Joe. Ask a specific question about something. Then next time maybe have a simple conversation. Practice taking small steps like that. Don't rush yourself. Do each step to the point where you feel reasonably comfortable. Practice what you want to say. Then try to do it where you don't think of anything to say at all.

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  Fall in love. With a person? Well, that definitely can help you. I believe falling in love allows one to find more confidence to face challenges in their life. It gives you a sense of pride, and that brings out a little swagger. However, falling in love with a person, while suffering from SAD can be a challenge. Since typically you avoid people in general. So I how about finding a passion to fall in love with? It can be playing the guitar, singing, some kind of hobby that makes you feel good. The idea is to help find something in your life that gives you positive energy. It's okay if it's not social, you don't have to go there yet. Find something that brings you positive energy, to help take the next step to adjust to social situations effectively. You'll still need exercises, but having a passion in life will expire you in variety of ways. Experiment things, until you find that passion. It can be a person, hobby, or belief. To help break your condition, you need something that gives you hope. Hope is something you shouldn't live without. You can do it, fighting this condition is already making you a stronger person.

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  Tell yourself everything is going to be alright. Suffering from social anxiety disorder is not a big deal. At least it shouldn't be viewed as being a failure. I realize it can make one feel that way, but you're not one. It's a problem, but everyone has problems in life. Everyone has their little secret that they're not sharing with you. Take comfort in knowing you're not alone. A problem shouldn't be They allow you to deal with a challenge in your life. Challenges should be looked at as ways building strength and helping you evolve as a person. It teaches you to be humble and determined. Two traits that won't ever fail you in life.

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  Find an alternative way to express yourself. That loneliness feeling can change your mindset and take away all of your passion. Don't let the dark passenger take over. You can still find ways to be happy, while dealing with social anxiety disorder. This feeling makes you incapable of doing anything in your life if you don't treat it properly. That is when you need to find some way of expressing yourself. Talk about it in a journal. Express your artistic side with your emotions. Write and song about it. Find an alternative way of expressing how you feel. It's important to do this, because you're going to find bad alternatives to express it otherwise. Drinking or drug use will only make your condition worse.

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  Talk to yourself and socialize with yourself. Look directly in the mirror each day, and have conversations with yourself. You will feel ridiculous doing this. Which is a great test for yourself. It's a great way to practice social situations, while feeling the total awkwardness as well. I like this exercise for a few reasons. When one person struggles enough with SAD, they tend to avoid speaking. Outside immediate family members who live with them, but that is not enough. That's still in your comfort zone. Breaking SAD is learning to adjust with things that aren't in your comfort zone. Everyone is prone to being shy and suffering from anxiety. That is my honest belief, it can happen to anyone. That is why you can't beat yourself up over this. I think if someone gets isolated, they can be easily triggered into SAD. From then on, it becomes much more difficult to deal with. So you'll have to practice to help yourself adjust. Just like think about the things you do in your life. They all take adjustment and practice. This is no different, just think of it that way.

  When you're not socializing, you're obviously not speaking as much. So speaking to people randomly is no longer routine for you. So it doesn't come off as naturally, and it makes you a bit more tensed when doing so in public. You think more and you're not natural. Talking in front of the mirror can truly help you practice your mannerisms and speech patterns. You'll become more confident and use to your interactions. Making you feel more natural as well. People's actual mannerisms cause them anxiety as well. Have conversations in the mirror each day. Do it for about 15-30 minutes each time. Change the conversations up some. Change the topics up, and have fun when doing so. Have funny, entertaining, and serious topics to talk about. Start practicing the common interactions that those share with one another. Practice how you say hello, goodbye, and typical mannerisms as well. Express yourself in your own way, don't go outside who you are.