Tips on how to handle social anxieties
Millions of Americans find social settings uncomfortable and
anxiety-inducing. NewsArena5 provides some tips for dealing with social
anxiety:
- If you’re in a public place and find yourself
feeling physically uncomfortable, check to make sure you’re not just
sitting weird in your chair.
- Instead of dwelling on every
far-fetched way the situation could possibly go wrong, focus on the one
or two ways you could conceivably make it out of this without exposing
yourself as a bumbling fool.
- Limit your alcohol intake in social situations, as you may need to commandeer a vehicle while fleeing.
- Get out in front of the issue. Point out everyone else’s flaws before anyone has a chance to notice yours.
- Challenge
negative thoughts by reminding yourself that your life is not at stake
during social events, just your ability to ever maintain a normal
relationship with another human being.
- Have you tried running? Running worked for Jeff.
- Sometimes
it’s useful to imagine your anxiety as a separate physical presence,
such as an unrelenting swarming cloud of bugs or a fire that’s already
searing the skin on your arms.
- Above all, try not to dwell
on the hundreds of millions of people out there—the majority of the
planet, really—who are perfectly comfortable in their own skin.
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