Overcome Social Anxiety By Using These Potent Tactics

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Introduction

Social anxiety is something that effects around 7 percent of adults each year . Having social anxiety hinders you from things such as career opportunities, making new friends, dating and so much more. It gets in the way of you living the life you always picture in your mind. Well, it doesn’t haft to anymore. In this blog post, We are going to show specific and effective tactics you can use to improve your social anxiety in your everyday life.

What Exactly Is Social Anxiety?

So what exactly is social anxiety and how does it effect you? Well, people often mistake social anxiety with things such as nervousness and being shy. Social anxiety is the fear of intense and persistent fear of all social situations or interactions. Its not just a specific event or interaction, its an uncomfortable lifestyle. You usually predict the worst out of any social outcome you could be in and always have the fear of being judged. Your never present in any conversation because your mind is constantly telling you to think about every little thing that person may or may not think of you. Some people describe social anxiety as trying to memorize all of the conversations going on in a crowded restaurant. When I heard that metaphor, I knew exactly the feeling they meant.

Is There a Way To Completely Get Rid of Social Anxiety?

Although you can not get rid of social anxiety completely, I do believe you can mitigate the ways it effects you in your day to day life. Making certain lifestyle changes can help you improve your social anxiety to the point where it doesn’t control your life anymore.

Building Confidence in a Social Setting

One big way to help overcome your social anxiety is to build confidence. If you can go into a social situation with a headstrong mindset that you are confident and sure of yourself, your brain will follow suit. Here are some things you can practice to build confidence when going into a social situation.

Focus on your strengths – Focus on the positive things what you bring in the conversation. The more you feel you have to offer, the less you feel you haft to impress.

Use positive body language – The more you are in your body, the more present you are. Try to better your posture and give good eye contact to the person your talking to.

Learn from your mistakes – Nobody is perfect, accept that some interactions you have will not be the best. Learn from them and try to work on those things you want to improve on to get better in your next interaction.

Just Listen – Try just listening to the person or other people your in a conversation with. It helps you not only to understand what the conversation is about, but it helps you to stay present in what’s going on.

Things To Practice When Panicking in a Social Setting

When panicking when your in a social setting, I think its great to use grounding techniques to calm you down and keep you present. Going to your five senses is the best way to do that. For anyone unaware of what the five senses are, I will drop them here below.

What do I hear? – Its important to listen the everything around you. Listen to the music that’s playing, the bird’s that chirping, the people talking, and just that keeps you grounded and in the room.

What do I see? – Look at everything that’s around you in the room. Pay attention to the little details in the paintings or the colors that’s on the walls.

What do I smell? – Take the time to notice any smells that you may have around you. That can be certain foods, fragrances, or anything else that’s in the room your in.

The things I can touch, How do they feel? – Start to touch the objects that is around you. Ask yourself how do they feel? Rub your fingers or hands together and try to ground yourself.

What taste do I have in mouth? – This can be any food or drink you tasted. It can be a mint or some gum you hand in your mouth. Just pay attention to what taste you have.

Build a Community

When having social anxiety, It can be hard to want to meet people and build a community, but you haft to put yourself out there. Start by talking to people at work or joining a volunteer group or an improv class. Practice the strategies above and try to talk to people. It doesn’t haft to be a full blown conversation, but start off with just asking little questions about where you guys are, what their doing, or simply just ask how they are doing. It can lead to something more what you think.

Conclusion

To sum it all up, social anxiety is a mental battle that cannot be overtook overnight. Using these tactics might not make it disappear forever, but they are strong weapons in your path of not letting it overtake your life. If you practice these steps, slowly but surely you will become the confident person you always envisioned yourself being. For more blogs on how to help you on your journey to becoming your better self, click here.

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