Overcoming Social Anxiety

Before I begin I want to eliminate all physically induced anxiety symptoms by insuring that you are receiving the following: 

• Regular exercise 
• You are taking the correct supplementation and taking advantage of herbal medicine... read here

A good diet with the correct vitamin intakes... read here

Ensure a diet rich in Vitamins B, C and D

Now that we have eliminated the physical causes for any anxiety, before beginning to reclaim your life, we must firstly get a brief understanding of social anxiety.

- Social Anxiety is fear of being around other people, caused by the belief that you will be scrutinized or harshly judged in public. It affects 7-13% of the population. 

- Its main spring is sometimes negative beliefs and a scarred self-image. If the negative thoughts are challenged and reversed into positive ones and the self-image strengthens and is built around an ideal, then the social anxiety usually disappears.

Heal your self-image: A Must Read 

If you are going to an event alone or with a small group, then try to strike up a conversation with other attendees who you see are alone also. Start by asking general questions like their name, where they are from, their jobs then move on to hobbies/interests and a common ground topic between both of you. In almost all cases, they would be as anxious as you are and grateful that you have 'broken the ice'.





After self-analysis try to work with any feelings that come up instead of suppressing them.
Make sure you are doing the following - this is a useful thread for getting an insight into developing a likeable personality. If you do this, then you should have no rational grounds for your anxiety which is a positive step forward.

Be Approachable! 

Another suggestion: How about you go to a coffee/book  shop by yourself and sit their for an hour each week around people? This is a relaxing atmosphere usually and will help you to 'acclimatize' to being part of a social setting.
...And if on that day you feel especially confident then do not hide yourself amongst the people - take the next step, sit at the front bar or space and strike up a conversation with someone who looks approachable. Do not rush to this stage though.


Keep at this and improve your 'game'. If you fear or feel anxious doing something, then gradually and steadily overcome these subconscious blocks by doing the thing that you fear. In almost all cases fear is a false mental construct, a primitive instinct or an incorrectly programmed neuropathway response. So by doing the thing that you fear you find that the illusion of your perception has been broken and through resistance you will feel fine doing that thing again in the future.