3 Keys to Get Rid of Social Anxiety
There are unwritten rules that will help you answer the question How do I get rid of my social anxiety? Everyone experiences anxiety, but if it isn't dealt with it, it can overwhelm anyone. These are key stepping stones to help you. It's easy to get started!
Remember, always start small and work your way up. You don't want to overwhelm yourself and sink backwards into your anxiety. The goal is to get comfortable around what makes you uncomfortable, ultimately.
First Key – Taking Charge of Your Life
If you don't like situation that you are currently in, you do have the power to change it. You can take charge of yourself and decide who you want to be.
Visualizing in your mind helps give you encouragement. This positive reinforcement will be the best self-help you can give yourself.
The point of this to help you feel happy, and to be able to smile. Taking charge by using positive memories will give you a happy reference of what you want to be like. Aim your goal to be like that all the time.
Second Key – Identify Your Fears
You will benefit greatly by making a list of your fears, or triggers. Rank them on a 1-10 scale. This list will help you approach and learn more about them. You can use this list, and be able to tell when they are going to try to make an appearance, and try to stop it. So be truthful to yourself when making this list.
This can be a bit depressing, yes, but using this list will help you to be able to identify and gives you a "code key" of things to make progress in. It will be satisfying and very rewarding to see as you work through your fears how far you've come!
Third Key – Expanding Your Comfort Zone
You can use your list to go even farther and push beyond your comfort zone and take small steps to putting yourself in those situations. This will expand your comfort zone. Start with the lowest
Practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect. Rehearse what would happen in an anxious situation, and practice putting a positive response into place. This will help get rid of the anxiety when it strikes if you know already how to respond to it.
Only work on one at a time, you don't want to get overwhelmed. Remember, small steps leading up to where you want to be at will help you get farther quicker. Too much too quickly can land you back where you started.
Remember, always start small and work your way up. You don't want to overwhelm yourself and sink backwards into your anxiety. The goal is to get comfortable around what makes you uncomfortable, ultimately.
First Key – Taking Charge of Your Life
If you don't like situation that you are currently in, you do have the power to change it. You can take charge of yourself and decide who you want to be.
Visualizing in your mind helps give you encouragement. This positive reinforcement will be the best self-help you can give yourself.
The point of this to help you feel happy, and to be able to smile. Taking charge by using positive memories will give you a happy reference of what you want to be like. Aim your goal to be like that all the time.
Second Key – Identify Your Fears
You will benefit greatly by making a list of your fears, or triggers. Rank them on a 1-10 scale. This list will help you approach and learn more about them. You can use this list, and be able to tell when they are going to try to make an appearance, and try to stop it. So be truthful to yourself when making this list.
This can be a bit depressing, yes, but using this list will help you to be able to identify and gives you a "code key" of things to make progress in. It will be satisfying and very rewarding to see as you work through your fears how far you've come!
Third Key – Expanding Your Comfort Zone
You can use your list to go even farther and push beyond your comfort zone and take small steps to putting yourself in those situations. This will expand your comfort zone. Start with the lowest
Practice, practice, practice. Practice makes perfect. Rehearse what would happen in an anxious situation, and practice putting a positive response into place. This will help get rid of the anxiety when it strikes if you know already how to respond to it.
Only work on one at a time, you don't want to get overwhelmed. Remember, small steps leading up to where you want to be at will help you get farther quicker. Too much too quickly can land you back where you started.
