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Do this TODAY: spend 5 minutes (use a clock) in front of a mirror practicing smiling. Use your mouth, your eyes, practice all the different grins. Then, remember to SMILE during your day. It will make people feel more comfortable around you, and it will make you happier. Guaranteed.

Have you ever noticed that the best conversationalists always have lots of stories? Go through your memories, and come up with 3 stories for each of the following situations. Write them down and memorize them. - Drinking/partying - Crazy people - Girlfriend/boyfriend stories - Sports or...

I made a post a while back about excessive negativity on the forum and received several PMs about it. After some contemplation, I come to you with this suggestion. I think this forum is good for those looking for empathy (a very important part of the healing process is to know that others...

I wanted to list some of my recent successes here. This isn't bragging, but more of a "you could do this too" post. Everyone on here can do this if you work at it like I did. Go back and read my first few posts on the forum back in January or whenever it was :) #1 - I met this girl at a...

Almost everyone on earth has areas of dissatisfaction in their lives. Maybe they want to lose weight. Maybe they want to become more social, and be more at ease. Maybe they want a stable romantic relationship. Maybe they wish they could spend more time helping others. No one believes...

What would you go through to get your SP under control? How much discomfort, pain, or anxiety would you stand in order to solve your SP?

I've been on Zoloft (50mg, a low dose) for 5 months now. I feel great and I have made huge strides in my life. However, I have had some, uh, sexual side effects from the medication that haven't been such a big deal until recently, if you get my drift. So I would like to tell my doctor that I...

I'm 27 and last night I kissed a girl for the first time. It was kind of awkward. But I did it, and I did it for a good few minutes. Yay me!

This girl I've met a few times asked me if I wanted to go out for drinks some time, just the two of us. Honestly I didn't even really notice her as dating material but this will be sooo cool!!!

I hate driving people places. The reason is because I can't parallel park. LOL. What a stupid reason. I am going out today to practice parallel parking. Then I'll have no excuse not to drive people places!

Whenever you have a negative thought, reframe it positively. It's so easy and it works great in improving your confidence and outlook on life. If you need help reframing a thought, post it here, and I or someone else will try to help you (though I will be out of town for 5 days).

What do you want out of life tomorrow? 1 year from today? 10 years from today? Overall? What do you see as the biggest obstacles or challenges you'll need to solve to get what you want?

I was at a bar last night, alone, like I usually do. These two girls were kind of standing there near me talking, and I'm like "Hey, are you guys shy? You've been standing there 5 minutes but you haven't said hi!" and we got to talking and stuff. One of them wasn't that interested but one was...

I started lifting weights a month ago. It's amazing what it's done for my self confidence. It's shallow I know, but now when I walk past a mirror I'm like "WHOA, I look DAMN good!!" I urge everyone in here to try working out if you don't already.

***updated 2/19/06 see my post below*** So, I drove to a club 45 minutes away from here, where I figured I stood no chance of running into anyone I knew. It's supposed to be one of the best clubs in that area. When I set out, my goal was to talk to one guy and one girl. As I drove, anxiety got...

OK, here's the deal. In this thread you make a PROMISE to yourself about something you will do this weekend. Then this weekend we all check in and see if we did it. Just a lil bit of friendly pressure to meet your goals :) My PROMISE: I will have a 2 min or longer conversation with a girl.

As I mentioned in some other threads, I have started doing affirmations a couple times a day. I wrote down a full page of stuff I like about myself, and where I'd like to be in a year (socially, physically, emotionally). It also has stuff like "I can beat social anxiety, I am a winner, I will...

Well, I've been trying to feel better about myself lately, and become more self confident. As part of this, I am trying to look better (shallow I know but I think it may work). But I am sooo embarrassed to change something about my appearance, because I know it will mean other people will look...

It's been making me depressed lately, I am 27, and I dont have any friends, and I've never had a girlfriend or been on a date. I used to have some friends in high school, but I mostly just tagged along. In college I kept to my self mainly, I had a few people I knew but I never did anything...