Curing Social Anxiety

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58317988764327614162011-12-30T16:26:53.537-07:00Curing Social AnxietyTransformation from a socially anxious, socially awkward and depressed to living life to the fullest.Mister Anoreply@blogger.comBlogger201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-1213243651715738492010-06-22T02:37:00.004-06:002010-07-11T13:39:33.583-06:00Social Anxiety Cure

Maxwell Maltz's "Pscyho Cybernetics" can help a person understand the process of the subconscious mind. This will help feelings of inferiority complex as well as help creative people figure out how to trust their gut intuition. It is a book that helps with clairity and thus is also a great start in getting over social anxiety.For a more specific way of curing social anxiety, Dr. Thomas Richards

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-78505542355981139582007-11-18T00:39:00.000-07:002007-11-18T01:46:35.773-07:00Video on Winning. One of my final posts.

This is a great clip. From time to time I watch it as motivation. The only part that is iffy is the last bit where he says a "loser is a loser". I know that when I had low self esteem, that's certainly not what I wanted to hear. But in that way, it's motivating, to prove to myself that I'm not a "loser". Now when I watch it, I agree with everything he says. Even the last statement; I now

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-71925745201730440172007-11-06T19:27:00.000-07:002007-11-06T20:00:26.078-07:00The Genetic Factor

You are probably thinking I'm going to talk about social anxiety or depression and how some people are pre-dispositioned to get it.Nope.While a person born a certain way might become more suseptible to one of those things, that's not what I'm talking about.This isn't necesarily about social anxiety, but about life. If there's something I've grown to accept these last few days, it's the fact that

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-24442271059700470202007-11-06T19:20:00.000-07:002007-11-06T20:01:23.905-07:00How To Be Gangster

(This is just a random video that I saw on Youtube and I didn't want to put it with the other post today)

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-75560891866289733872007-11-02T21:06:00.000-06:002007-11-02T21:13:24.421-06:00Avoidant Personality Disorder is the worst disorder to have

Social Anxiety or Social Phobia is definetly the worst disorder to have.Reason being that with any other personality disorder or mental disorder, a person basically still makes friends and has intimate relations very easily. Social anxiety disables that.Humans are hard-wired to really enjoy social networking and forming intimate relationships.Looking back at the dozens of missed opportunities in

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-68762549100237083712007-11-01T21:07:00.000-06:002007-11-05T17:51:46.455-07:00You Owe It To Yourself To Overcome Depression and Anxiety. Favorite Mistake.

Looking back at my life being depressed, always having the belief that I would fail in most social happenings, I feel sad. I feel sad for all the missed opportunities that were there. The girls who were probably interested (atleast open to the idea of wanting to get to know me better), and either I never even talked to them or if I did, I messed it up with silent awkwardness.Some were even very

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-83912336856083219552007-10-30T17:40:00.000-06:002007-10-30T18:05:27.468-06:00Social Anxiety in 10 Words (or short phrases)

I sometimes go on social anxiety forums and it occurs to me a commonality with how everyone thinks and how I used to always think, in no particular order:Self-ConsciousInferiority-ComplexTimiditySensitiveLow Self-worthParanoia of being negatively evaluatedCaring about how others judge them more than their own opinionBeat themselves up, leading to depressionHabit of continuously avoiding social

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-85327978733713854492007-10-26T14:08:00.000-06:002007-10-26T23:10:40.009-06:00Alienation is Bad

Love this song. Gwen's hair looks really nice...Everyone probably has a different catalyst that put their social anxiety in gear. For me, there were a whole sort of things: I was born kind of sensitive to criticism, I became quiet, I didn't have a lot of relationships, but one of the big reasons was probably the feeling of alienation.Feeling like a loner never made me feel happy. We are humans

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-67646311585482200822007-10-25T14:05:00.000-06:002007-10-25T14:09:24.467-06:00"I'm Not Going To Think About Her"

Are you happy when you think of your past relationships?Do you think about them at all?

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-56377356165398225662007-10-24T21:42:00.001-06:002007-10-25T14:09:34.228-06:00What is Personality and is it Important?

When people make friends or go out on a date, the most important variable is "personality". The problem is that the term personality is often misleading.There is not really much to do with your character. You could be a very trustworthy, hardworking, dignified individual, but if you don't have the ability to communicate an interesting vibe, it's all useless in terms of making connections with

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-23206062677317834972007-10-20T01:10:00.000-06:002007-10-20T01:32:26.513-06:00Why are people so scared?

When my social anxiety was at it's all time worst, one of the biggest obstacles was always the act of talking to people I didn't know.But why?If you are still in that mindframe, what exactly are you scared of?I'm not scared anymore. The best way to describe it is that it's almost like a zen state where I've transcended self-consciousness and insecurities. I'm not scared of anything.The human

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-12843489706642402082007-10-17T13:46:00.000-06:002007-10-25T14:09:46.870-06:00Defeat Depression

This is what you do to defeat depression =)Although this is comedy, there is some truth to it.

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-72528549889691922582007-10-13T16:30:00.000-06:002007-10-13T17:20:35.092-06:00How long does it take to get better?

Today, I happened to take a class close to where I used to take one back in 2005. I looked out the window and I saw something that reminded me of what happened over 2 years ago.Back then, it was the very first time I had come in contact with any type of self-help or self-improvement philosophy. I had lived my entire life in my own little socially anxious world, and thought that basically I would

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-29321548175356164182007-10-08T22:59:00.000-06:002007-10-08T23:11:31.632-06:00Seeing Yourself As A Loser

I used to always see myself as a loser. Even when I felt ambitious or kept telling myself positive thoughts, there was always a deep level negativity about it all. If you're suffering from any form of depression then there's a 99.9% chance you have it. It's the subconscious belief that you will fail. Maybe not at everything, but in certain things that matter a lot to you. I call these things

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-42115449349290307452007-10-04T00:08:00.000-06:002007-10-04T00:37:19.894-06:00The Obligatory Nice Guy vs Jerks Debate

Do girls like jerks?Yes, but not because they are jerks, but because they are confident. I would say that 80% of jerks are very confident in themselves. Of the supposed "nice guys", maybe only 35% of them are confident.When I say confidence, I don't mean generally, I mean social confidence. I remember when I was in school, no matter how shy I was, there were certain things that I was confident in

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-50645530356572673962007-10-02T02:52:00.000-06:002007-10-02T03:08:35.643-06:00Does it really take guts to talk to people?

I remember just a few months ago, when I still was in a rut with regards to social anxiety, talking to strangers was always something I viewed as being hard. Difficult. Courageous. Whatever word you feel like putting in there.My life is much too busy now, and my social skills are taken care of, so I don't really seek dating advice anymore. But just the other day I happened to go back to one

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-44244338266406490432007-10-01T01:44:00.000-06:002008-12-10T17:03:53.527-07:00Does the One exist?

Look at that picture for a good 10 seconds. Really closely look at it and be aware of the emotions that fill your mind when you are gazing at it.Chances are, you're thinking about "the One". Does the One exist?Ask yourself another question, when it comes to dating, why are people nervous?There can be many underlying problems. But when it comes to dating, I've found that it really is because of

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-35725359560254962012007-09-30T22:22:00.000-06:002007-09-30T22:23:46.771-06:00Is There a Cure for Social Anxiety and Avoidant Personality?

Before I delve into a deep discussion about how I overcame Avoidant Personality Disorder or social anxiety or social phobia or whatever you want to call it, I'd like to address this issue first. There are many people who have this who believe whole heartedly that they will never get better. Or that at best, they will only see minor improvements.They rationalize away any chance of improvement by

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-78474488070581638272007-09-27T18:03:00.000-06:002007-10-01T01:37:48.158-06:00Social Anxiety Nature or Nurture

In the last article, I talked about how having an Avoidant Personality Disorder is really just being self-concsious, having low self-esteem, and thinking that other people are better than you. So where does it come from? Nature vs. Nurture again. Were socially anxious people born this way or did something happen in their environment that made it so?As with virtually all psychological disorders

Mister Anoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5831798876432761416.post-89164015415240285162007-09-24T17:47:00.000-06:002007-10-22T01:50:39.612-06:00What Social Anxiety Really Is

In American Psychology, the DSM IV criteria is the leading source of symptoms for any mental disorder, like Avoidant Personality Disorder. I hesitate to use the word "disorder" when describing this, not because I don't believe it is serious, but because it makes it seem like there is something inherently wrong with the person. I had very problematic social anxiety for many years that basically

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