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I think it's naive to say that we're alone in the universe. At the same time, I think any possible alien civilizations are too advanced for them to want to need our planet for anything (unless they're hostile and just want to have it and call it their own). It's possible that legitimate alien...

What sometimes helps is thinking of the law of probability. I think about horrible things happening to my loved ones, but then imagine the odds of those things happening (low), and it helps a little. I think verbalizing things also helps, because everything seems so real in your mind, but if...

You think it's better to have him around because it's better than being alone, but it's not. All he does is poison your life. But you've always known this, and since that won't change until he's out of your life, my guess is it will never change because you don't want him out of your life.

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I think medication might help, and you don't know until you try. But asking the internet if you should take that medication is probably not the right way to go, since every case is a case and we don't know you. More importantly, I think it would be a good idea for you to try cognitive behavioral...

I guess the biggest struggle is seeing other people feel so comfortable (or apparently comfortable) in social situations while I'm sitting there constantly examining every sentence I want to say and wondering if it's interesting/funny enough to say.

If you feel anxious in social situations, you're socially anxious :P

An SPW friend mentioned in a different thread that they were afraid of not finding anyone from here if the SPW board went bonkers. With that in mind, I've created a Discord server just for people from this message board (or anyone you know with or without social anxiety that wishes to join). You...

A lot of articles and self-help books claim that one of the best ways to relieve anxiety/depression and climb towards a more positive mental state is to make a list of the things you are grateful for, and show you gratefulness every day by appreciating them more and focusing on them more. I've...

I feel overwhelmed quite easily. I recently started a new job in the hotel business and it's completely different from the hotel I worked at before. This is a 4 star hotel, as opposed to the 3 star hotel I was working at, but the main difference is that the rules are a lot more strict and...

Currently considering it for anxiety in general, so I was wondering what your experiences have been like.

What are yours (if any), my dudes and dudettes?

And I think about how small it is to suffer from this when there are so much bigger things going on and actual things that people are suffering from, like my neighbor whose husband went through two cardiac arrests and has been unconscious for a week now, showing no signs of ever getting better...

I want to become more and more of a 'yes man', in the sense that if someone has an idea to do something, I want to say yes and just do it instead of giving fear time to barge in and be a ****. I've been wanting to join a gym for a while now, and there's one near my house that's got plenty of...

and then you become more and more confident. I read this piece of advice on Russ Harris' The Confidence Gap. Felt odd to me, because all my life I would think things like "if I lose weight I'll be more confident", or "after I get braces I'll be more confident", etc. However, I noticed that my...

As much as I love my family, it's emotionally hard to see the toll worrying has on them, to a point where I can't distinguish what's 'normal' worrying and what's not. As an example, my brother lives in a city that's about 100 miles from where I live. He was just here for the holidays, and...

Do you think selfishness is a common trait amongst people with SA, depression, and so forth? In the sense that we are so inwardly focused that we feel as though the universe has dealt us a bad set of cards, and so part of us feels like we don't owe anyone anything and become empty of compassion...

Supposedly, all of these (inclusing valerian root as well) are great for depressive moods, irritability, anxiety, and so on. Anyone ever tried any of these? If so, to what effect?

I cannot begin to describe how much this hinders people with social anxiety. It's probably one of the worst things, if not the worst. You make a mental image of all the possible scenarios regarding a future event (even if it's just something as simple as going to the store), and in your mind...

This is a very powerful quote by Dale Carnegie, from his book How to Stop Worrying and Start Living, where he's also quoting someone else he met. People who live with "constant" anxiety/worry know what it's like to have their muscles tense all the time, or wondering all the time about all the...