Does Social Anxiety Hold You Back?

Written by Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW


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These are a few ofrepparttar symptoms of social anxiety as experienced in life areas and physically. Many folks have social anxiety but do not realize that this is what they struggle with. Oftentimes thinking about or engaging in any ofrepparttar 130430 activities listed above will induce anxiety.

The real danger with this disorder is that it can subtly grow into a monster. Left unattended, social anxiety can reshaperepparttar 130431 life that you should be living into one that is centered around avoidance of anxiety. Some of you are aware that you have anxiety and fight with it constantly. Many others are not aware of anxiety asrepparttar 130432 culprit, even though it's impacting all these life areas. That's powerful!

Ongoing social anxiety can result in developing a pattern of avoidance, whereby you begin putting off many of life's activities. Too often, you have onlyrepparttar 130433 best of excuses, but if you suffer from social anxiety, it's really anxiety driving your life's bus.

There are many keys inrepparttar 130434 overcoming of anxiety. Atrepparttar 130435 top is bolstering your self-confidence. Ironically enough,repparttar 130436 more withdrawn you become while feeing anxious and avoiding activities,repparttar 130437 strongerrepparttar 130438 social anxiety becomes.

A FEW KEY AREAS TO TARGET IN OVERCOMING SOCIAL ANXIETY:

1. Participate in activities which increase esteem and a sense of personal safety

2. Establish an area of expertise or mastery and allowing those abilities to be present in anxiety situations

3. Learn relaxation strategies that become serenity-hygiene habits

4. Challenge irrational thought patterns that supportrepparttar 130439 anxiety

5. Keep an anxiety scale journal to chart goals and progress

6. Seek a caring individual to hold you accountable to your goals

7. Know that peace and anxiety cannot exist atrepparttar 130440 same time. Any ritual which brings peace into your life is a great tool to use to eliminate anxiety

8. Practice knowing that you are loved and have a right to live a joy-filled life!

This is your life! If you find yourself angry over being anxious, that's GOOD -- but only if you direct your anger at anxiety and allow it to become an energizer in your efforts to reclaim your life.



~~ @@ ~~ Dave Turo-Shields, ACSW, LCSW is an author, university faculty member, success coach and veteran psychotherapist whose passion is guiding others to their own success in life. For weekly doses of the webs HOTTEST success tips, sign up for Dave’s powerful “Feeling Great!” ezine at http://www.Overcoming-Depression.com ~~ @@ ~~


How I Get Joy as a Value

Written by Miami Phillips


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*However, as I have struggled inrepparttar past to find "happiness", and continue to hear of so many others search for this same happiness, I now believe that joy is something else altogether . If joy is happiness, and you have no joy in your life, then it would stand to reason that you are not happy. That makes your joy vulnerable to your definition of happiness.

*For me, joy is having a willingness to acceptrepparttar 130428 whole of life, knowing that it is not perfect. Joy is being willing to show up and meet what is there with no attachment torepparttar 130429 result. To me, if I have no attachment torepparttar 130430 outcome and can accept what comes no matter what, then I am free from worry, anxiety, or concern over whatrepparttar 130431 future holds. For me, this freedom - is joy.

*It cannot be taken away, and it is with me always.

*It depends on nothing and is almost invincible.

*The less we are attached to life,repparttar 130432 more alive we can become.

*Joy is what I want for you! In-joy your self!

*As always, Your online Coach and Friend, *Miami www.creativemasterminds.com . Helping everyone find their path and stay on it coach@creativemasterminds.com

*Quotation ofrepparttar 130433 Week *I finally figured outrepparttar 130434 only reason to be alive is to enjoy it. Rita Mae Brown

*We had a great call last Sunday night! Join us this Sunday at 9PM eastern for another! Simply send an email to class@creativemasterminds.com and I will send yourepparttar 130435 phone number to call. We are talking about New Year's resolutions and how to get what you want from this year.

Miami Phillips is an ANSIR Certified Personal Coach and the founder of Creative MasterMinds who believes personal growth is an essential ingredient to being happy and contributing to this world. While his main focus is affordable personal and business coaching, he also offers motivational teleclasses, ebooks, reading recommendations and much more. To find out more visit his site at http://www.creativemasterminds.com or send him an email at coach@creativemasterminds.com


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