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Masks Off, Anxiety Up: Dealing with No-Mask Anxiety July 16, 2021 . No Comments
Masks Off, Anxiety Up: Dealing with No-Mask Anxiety After over a year of covering their faces, Americans across the country were told they could breathe freely earlier this year as mask ... Read More
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Fight Social Anxiety by Embracing Your Inner Fool April 15, 2019 . No Comments
When I was in seventh grade, my family relocated to the United States after having lived in Europe for several years. Before we moved, my mother took me shopping for new school clothes. On ... Read More
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Avoidant Personality and Social Anxiety: What’s the Difference? February 13, 2019 . No Comments
Social anxiety and avoidant personality disorder share some common features, but they are separate mental health conditions. Because the two conditions appear similar in many ways, it’s ... Read More
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Can Anxiety Cause Stuttering? A Look at Speech and Mental Health November 30, 2018 . 2 Comments
Stuttering is a complex speech issue that affects about 1% of adults. People who stutter may become socially anxious, fear public speaking, or worry their stuttering will undermine their ... Read More
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Will Social Anxiety Go Away? July 30, 2018 . No Comments
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I have really bad social anxiety. I don’t want to go anywhere or do anything anymore because I’m worried I will say something stupid and people won’t like me. ... Read More
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Does Your Toddler Have Social Anxiety? Here’s What You Can Do June 9, 2018 . 1 Comment
Social anxiety causes feelings of panic or fear during interactions with people. It can occur only in certain situations or nearly all of the time. For adults, it often means avoiding other ... Read More
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How to Avoid Letting Social Anxiety Strain Your Relationship November 8, 2017 . 5 Comments
It is quite common to fall in love with someone who possesses qualities that balance out your own. The phrase “opposites attract” describes exactly that. There are many ways in which ... Read More
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Study Finds Beliefs About SSRIs Can Alter Their Efficacy October 11, 2017 . 1 Comment
A person’s belief about selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) antidepressants, a popular class of antidepressant drugs, may affect treatment outcomes, according to a study ... Read More
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Lonely Journey: My Struggle to Cope with My Son’s Bipolar Diagnosis April 28, 2017 . 7 Comments
In August of 2014, in the middle of the night, a phone call came: My son was unresponsive and was being transferred to the hospital. I remember the 30-minute drive to the hospital, trying ... Read More
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Not Just for Introverts and Loners: 5 Myths About Social Anxiety April 18, 2017 . 3 Comments
“I was looking forward to the party and I liked everyone there, but afterward I felt so down. I couldn’t stop worrying about what I’d said that sounded stupid, or if I hurt someone’s ... Read More
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3 Strategies to Get You Through Your Next Social Event December 27, 2016 . 10 Comments
So, you’ve got a party to go to and you’re already thinking up ways to back out. What’s it going to be? Do you fake a sudden illness or pretend you got the date wrong and now ... Read More
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Do I Need to Be More Social? September 23, 2016 . 7 Comments
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’m reaching out partly at the insistence of a few friends, who all seem to be worried about me and my antisocial habits. I guess the problem, as they see it, ... Read More