On YouTube, there a wonderful woman named Marie Dubuque who makes short videos with the intention of helping people overcome their social anxiety and shyness. I encourage you to check her out. With over 10,000 subscribers, she gets questions from viewers who are upset or frustrated that they are often referred to as “quiet.” They’re […]
Is Social Anxiety Making You Appear Rude to People?
Social anxiety disorder can be a beast of a problem, because it causes you to stay in your head a lot, doesn’t it? It causes you to second, third, and fourth guess every move you make. And you do that before you’ve even made the move, and certainly afterwards if you think you made a […]
Does Social Anxiety Make You Feel Like You Wasted Your Youth?
When you have social anxiety, you can feel a lot older that you really are. With years of constantly overanalyzing every present-day situation, and reliving missed opportunities in the past, it’s easy to look in the mirror and feel like you’ve aged faster than a fresh-faced President after one term in the White House. And […]
How to Build Confidence If You Have Low Self-Esteem
Here’s something you need to know: your social anxiety did not just magically manifest itself. And while some scientists may suggest that it could be caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, let’s simply look at the situation from a logical and basic perspective. If you have trouble socializing with others, it’s likely that […]
How to Overcome the Fear of Awkward Silences
When you have social anxiety, is anything more scary than those horrendous awkward silences? Those moments when you’re forced to interact with another person, but the conversation just bogs down? And you two stand there. Looking at each other. In never-ending awkward silence. For what feels like an ETERNITY. But why does this happen, exactly? […]
