✨Social anxiety makes people worry intensely about being judged by others, or embarrassing themselves.
✨People with social anxiety often want friendships and to be social, but their fear can be so strong that they avoid socialising as much as they can.
✨When they do socialise, they feel very self-conscious and can also experience physical symptoms like blushing, sweating, a dry mouth, and many more.
✨Both during and after social events, they overanalyse everything they said or did, imagining all the worst-case scenarios. These perceptions are usually inaccurate because they are influenced by the social anxiety itself.
✨The good news is that there are many ways to overcome these problems. You can learn skills like accepting the anxiety instead of resisting it, use relaxation techniques, change how you deal with socially anxious thoughts, work on reducing avoidance, and desensitising yourself to the sensations you experience in social situations. If you’d like more guidance, all these strategies are covered in detail in my book 📚Ten Times Calmer.
Information for general educational purposes only. Always see your own doctor for advice specific to your situation