timidhorse
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I read the best SA book I could find in my college library today, it was published in 2000. This book had some interesting topics, of which, should make us all feel better about having SA. It examines that society may be equally to blame.
According to "Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe : Working Through Social Anxiety."
Culture as well as more overwhelming social stressors can manifest SA. There's been a shift as recent as the 90's where we have faced rapid technological advancement, causing more people to think individually and not communally as they did between the 1950 and 1980. It was all "self" and getting what "self" enjoyed be it video games or a cellphone.
Intelligence, competence, and technical skills that many SA sufferers have are now being overlooked for jobs. Now we are completing against the socially competent, and we're not necessarily talking about very bright people here. A social person with just a year of experience can now take away a promotion from a person who has 5 years of experience but lacks sociability.
Media reinforces the likability of the extrovert. Technology allows us to use credit cards and instead of going to a cash register, we self-check out. The internet creates a barrier from which we can never get away from. Many people are losing out on much needed social practice. Most people don't take the effort to get to really know a person or be in deep relationships, they rather add 300+ people on Facebook or Myspace who they most likely don't know or unable to communicate with them all. It's all for show, a sort of narcissism radiating throughout society. Those who can't get into the program are ousted and looked down towards because they were born in the wrong times.
Sorry, if you are much older than the 90's, that particular part would not apply to you. Still this book seems really useful, I have not yet read through it all but I will be purchasing it. I have read very many good reviews on this book and how it helped many sufferers overcome SA. Oh, and it said the number of SA sufferers are increasing, so I believe it has something in the environment that is different than previous years for this to occur.
Guys, tell me what you think of this.
According to "Diagonally-Parked in a Parallel Universe : Working Through Social Anxiety."
Culture as well as more overwhelming social stressors can manifest SA. There's been a shift as recent as the 90's where we have faced rapid technological advancement, causing more people to think individually and not communally as they did between the 1950 and 1980. It was all "self" and getting what "self" enjoyed be it video games or a cellphone.
Intelligence, competence, and technical skills that many SA sufferers have are now being overlooked for jobs. Now we are completing against the socially competent, and we're not necessarily talking about very bright people here. A social person with just a year of experience can now take away a promotion from a person who has 5 years of experience but lacks sociability.
Media reinforces the likability of the extrovert. Technology allows us to use credit cards and instead of going to a cash register, we self-check out. The internet creates a barrier from which we can never get away from. Many people are losing out on much needed social practice. Most people don't take the effort to get to really know a person or be in deep relationships, they rather add 300+ people on Facebook or Myspace who they most likely don't know or unable to communicate with them all. It's all for show, a sort of narcissism radiating throughout society. Those who can't get into the program are ousted and looked down towards because they were born in the wrong times.
Sorry, if you are much older than the 90's, that particular part would not apply to you. Still this book seems really useful, I have not yet read through it all but I will be purchasing it. I have read very many good reviews on this book and how it helped many sufferers overcome SA. Oh, and it said the number of SA sufferers are increasing, so I believe it has something in the environment that is different than previous years for this to occur.
Guys, tell me what you think of this.