Helping People who Suffer from Social Anxiety

Many people suffer from social anxiety. In the United States, studies have found this disorder to be the third largest psychological disorder in the country. This is no surprise due to the social and media pressures we have promoting the idea that happiness is found outside our self. This is false. Happiness can only be found from within.

One can be fearful of a specific social situation or all. Common physical symptoms of this disorder manifest as racing heart, blushing, sweating, dry throat and mouth, trembling, swallowing with difficulty, and muscle twitches, to name a few.

The core belief in social anxiety is that the opinions of others about ourselves are more important then our own. When we worry about the opinions of others we allow these opinions to be able to change our state of being thereby giving away our own identity. It is important to give more importance to what we think of ourselves than what anyone else does. After all, no one knows ourselves better than us.

The only way others judgments and opinions of ourselves can change our mood is if we let them. It is an illusion to think we can control how others think of us and how others see us is reality. We alone are the creators of our lives and how we experience our life.