Yes that's true but sometimes people try to hard and it ends working against them - they put too much too much pressure on the process and won't accept the time of it. It's good to put effort but knowing when your putting too much/or less is a skill in itself. Moderation is key.
Good advice. This is something I think I need to be careful of because I've gone overdrive lately with the process of overcoming SA. I've joined a few college clubs that I'm attending each week - filmmakers club, a writing club, and a video gamers club. I've started the comfortzonecrusher program and already laid down in public in random places a couple times at college. I even challenged myself to lay down in the spot where the most students would be passing by. Also, I'm saying hi and smiling at random people I pass by. I'm like on a mission here and I'm trying to overcome SA as fast as possible but, you're right, I need to just be patient. Everything I'm doing isn't bad. It's going to help, but I find myself being too impatient sometimes with my progress. It feels, honestly, like I haven't made any progress. I mean, I feel myself becoming slightly more courageous to not care what people think. But, socially, I am still struggling to talk more and be more enthusiastic. Anyway, I'm going to have to let go of even coming to this website because, as I said in another thread, I think it's damaging to my progress. If I constantly visit this website I'm constantly telling myself I have social anxiety. I'm constantly associating myself with it and, on the subconscious level, who knows what damage that might do and how much deeper it may ingrain the belief that I have SA. I know I have a problem I'm dealing with called SA, but I think it's best for me to tackle it away from this site now. I don't think there's a benefit anymore to this since I already have a plan set in place so I don't need to keep reminding myself about 'my' SA by coming here.
Best of luck to you all in your journey to overcome SA. Believe in yourself, don't give up ever, be patient, and make progress every day.