Social anxiety can happen to anyone, anytime. Individuals who suffer from it often find themselves tensing up during social situations, to the point where they start to feel physiological changes in their body indicating anxiousness or stress. Learning about how it feels like to have social anxiety ...
Date Posted: June 20, 2019
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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A new finding had shown that looking at the general direction of the speaker's face without looking into the speaker's eye have the same effect as making eye contact with the speaker.
Mar 22
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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A new meta-analysis from Oxford University have found evidence that suggest group cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) may be the best form of psychotherapy for individuals diagnosed with anxiety disorders.
Nov 7
Categories: Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Depression, Social Anxiety / ...
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Technology advancement is one of the greatest gifts in our society today. A modern form of treatment called the Virtual Reality Graded Exposure Therapy (VRGET), was invented and deemed as an effective way to treat certain phobias, anxiety, panic ...
Sep 4
Categories: Adult psychological development, Agoraphobia, Anxiety, Cognitive ...
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Having an alcoholic drink before giving a speech is tempting. The alcohol seems to calm your nerves, making you feel more relaxed. However, a new study has found that while alcohol has a calming effect, it actually impairs performance.
Jul 15
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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1. Don't try so hard to be "memorable."
Jun 14
Categories: Friendships, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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What is anxiety? It is perhaps the more intense and potentially debilitating counterpart to nervousness, and should be taken note of so that we can prevent ourselves from letting it become a problem. Here are 5 things you need to know about anxiety.
May 3
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Social phobia is the most common anxiety disorder of our time. But the current treatment regimen for patients with this diagnosis has not proven very effective. Now a team of researchers believes they have found a cure for social anxiety disorders.
Dec 28
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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New study on mice suggests parents' fears can be passed on to their children. Implications of the study on understanding alcohol addiction, phobias and anxiety are discussed.
Dec 27
Categories: Addictions, Anxiety, Other, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / ...
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Having a fear of buttons may sound hilarious, but in reality it can be debilitating. Patients need to be taken more seriously, by both the media and doctors, say experts.
Dec 22
Categories: Phobias, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Is there a role for social media in perpetuating anxiety through feelings of disconnection and loneliness? At first glance, social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter seem to be a modern means of facilitating our connectedness with others, ...
Dec 16
Categories: Addictions, Social Anxiety / Phobia, Social Isolation
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Drexel University professor devised a new method to diagnose children on the spectrum for anxiety symptoms – which tend to be masked by symptoms of autism was recently proven to be effective.
Dec 12
Categories: Anxiety, Autism spectrum disorders, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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If you were old enough to see a PG-13 movie in 1997, chances are you went to see Titanic. And chances are you cried. You might have even seen the film multiple times, doing your part to make it the highest-grossing sob fest in movie history. Now, a ...
Oct 7
Categories: Relationships & Marriage, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Social anxiety disorder is thought to affect around 1 in 8 people, and is more than just being shy.
Jul 7
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Some people find the sound of nails on a chalkboard or the rumbling of a snoring spouse irritating, but what if the sound of someone breathing sent you into a fit of rage? This is a reality for many sufferers of misophonia.
Nov 28
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Many lonely people wish they had social plans or a bigger network of friends to call upon. But sometimes, even when they do, they avoid contact. And this can lead to a downward spiral of more loneliness.
Oct 1
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia, Social Isolation
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