Recent content by Beyondshy

I haven't tried CBT so I don't know much about it. It's to do with changing thought patterns from negative to positive, right? So when you don't receive a reply to an email you sent to a friend, instead of thinking it's because they don't like you, CBT encourages to think more positively. They...

Have you ever expected social anxiety to affect you in a certain situation but then found that it hasn't? I was thinking about this earlier. When I went to London last year for a couple of days break, I felt so alive and even though I was in busy crowds and having to speak to people I didn't...

I've been trying to do small things to slowly improve my social anxiety like going to the supermarket by myself or paying some money in at the bank. Yesterday I met a couple of friends and had a great day. I was feeling anxious in the morning but the whole afternoon was great and I talked quite...

Yesterday I was shopping with a couple of friends and I fell over in front of quite a few people. As I blush at virtually everything, I was expecting myself to turn bright red as my friends said even they'd be embarrassed if it had happened to them... I did not blush at all! Why don't I blush...

I was talking to a friend who wants to help me get on with life without letting social anxiety hold me back and he suggested that I set myself a small goal everyday. Nothing major, just starting with something small and building upon it until I feel I can achieve more and more. Baby steps he...

I'm new here so hello! :) Does anyone else find work impossible with social anxiety? Or looking for a job? Or even THINKING about looking for a job? I am unemployed. I have been for about 10 months. Before that I was a carer for my dad. I haven't been to the job centre in that time so I'm not...