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Just from the preview on Google Books, Social phobia: diagnosis, assessment, and treatment by Richard G. Heimberg (Social phobia: diagnosis, assessment ... - Google Books) looks quite interesting. For me, the best points are: . modelling yourself as a social object in a negative way...

The American public debt is now only twelve billion dollars below the legal debt limit ("only", ha ha). Unless the legal limit is raised, then America will default on its debts in a month or so. It has been suggested that the Republican Party wants a default, so that higher taxes are not...

This is some more information that arrived in my email. It talks about PTSD, but may have wider application: Source: Ptsd Support and Global Awareness Neurofeedback is a therapy for trauma. ......... Conventional psychotherapy for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder typically involves several...

In the beginning I had been working in the Australian civil service for an extended period. Then the conservatives got in to government and changed the industrial relations laws so as to give the bosses greater prerogatives. Obviously the easiest place to do that is the civil service, of which...

Australians have come out on top as the world's most envious people in a tally of the seven deadly sins. BBC magazine Focus found Australians also scored highly for the other six sins, making Australia the 'most sinful' country on Earth. "Sin-prone" Australia was followed by the US, Canada...

NASA Announces Results of Epic Space-Time Experiment May 4, 2011: Einstein was right again. There is a space-time vortex around Earth, and its shape precisely matches the predictions of Einstein's theory of gravity. Researchers confirmed these points at a press conference today at NASA...

An asteroid with a diameter of 400m will make its closest approach to Earth later this year. Known as YU55, the asteroid would fly within the moon's orbit narrowly missing Earth, according to reports. "The space rock will hurtle past our planet at a distance of just 201,700 miles (324,600km)...

The following arrived in an email advertising an eBook. It is about "a few tips and pointers that you can take and implement immediately to improve the way you come across to people": MISTAKE #1: Being Stuck In Your Head Outgoing people talk to other people. Shy people talk to themselves...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy does not work in 35 - 40% of cases. The same thing can happen with formal or informal exposure therapy. Despite repeated exposure to feared situations, such as working in the retail industry, there is no habituation to the situation, or, in other words, the therapy...

There have been a number of comments along the lines of "I am ashamed that I have social phobia". That is unjustified. What are the causes? Well, broadly, they are: . genetics . shortage of neurotransmitters dopamine and seratonin in the brain . family history . personality...

I received this literally half an hour ago. It was sent by an email list I subscribe to. Opportunity Surrounds You You are, right now, standing in opportunity. It is all around you. At this age, at this weight, with these resources, you are surrounded by opportunity. There are doors and...

This is a poll of personal characteristics. It has been copied from an earlier thread, because the responses did seem to fit the profile below reasonably well. Its author is Worrywort. To clarify some of the questions: 2 do you look younger than your age?: if you think you look...