Social Anxiety

social anxiety goes deeper than shyness. Social anxiety is the fear of being judged in a negative way by others, while shyness is a feeling of being awkward or tense around others. Both have a root cause of fear - fear of being judged, a fear of saying the wrong things, but they each come from very different parts of the mind

They don’t understand how hard it is for you to simply show up to a gathering and keep an expression besides abject fear or unyielding stress on your face. They don’t comprehend how courageous you are just to be out there, facing the fear that makes your mind reflexively try to fight or flee

Therefore, it makes sense that social anxiety has prehistoric roots, because of those roots and the amount of time it takes to evolve traits in humans, social anxiety, and shyness are an inherent part of our genetics.

Social anxiety is the fear of being judged in a negative way by others, while shyness is a feeling of being awkward or tense around others.

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Have you ever had your mind go blank in the face of talking to new people?

You have probably read other books and visited websites to find help for your shyness and maybe you have asked professionals for insight.

These strategies may be different from what you’ve read before, but they are all simple and easy to adjust in your daily life.

Positive behavior can be just as easy as negative behavior once you practice enough

Don’t call attention to your shyness, either. First, it sets you up with any new people around you to try and take advantage of you being shy. Broadcasting that you are shy is equivalent to wearing “I’m insecure” on a sandwich board in the middle of Times Square. Calling yourself out gives the expectation that you will say something awkward and the people around you would have an excuse for avoiding you. Second, pointing out that you are shy can lead people to expect that you will say or do something that doesn’t present well with your actual self. Many times, shyness is overwhelming in your mind but not visible on the outside, or, at least, so mild that the new person in your group may never even notice.