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Hey I've bought contact lenses online, found this place, they had great promotions so I got them there, this is my first time buying something over the Internet. So I wanted to know if anyone else has experienced this: I have been wearing contacts for a few months now and I feel a lot more layed back, relaxed, outgoing, funny and creative etc... I've always noticed that when I wore glasses I

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Hey, I did some changes to my social anxiety blog. I'm still looking for a job, so I have some free time and thought of doing some changes, which I enjoyed very much. Let me know what you think. I changed mainly the header and some border colors.

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After a few months away from my Social Anxiety Blog I decided it was the time to come back again. Well... there are a few reasons to be honest:1. I have lost my job of 2 years, which has open up the door to some anxiety symptoms.2. I decided to live with my great love of 1 year, we have been living together for 3 months now... It has its good and bad things.I have been looking for a job for 2

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My Search for Happiness!What I mean when I say I believe social anxiety can go away, is that its symptoms can be reduce to just a minor feeling… not disappearing my social anxiety, I’m still a social anxious guy, just that I’m learning to build my life around it and to live with it.I have got myself to a point where I can have a functional life, reducing social anxiety symptoms to its minimum

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I'd stumble upon a great video that took a good laugh out of myself. Jewel the famous singer, songwriter, poet, actress and painter is on this funny social anxiety video.Jewel is a three-time Grammy nominee, hailed by The Times of London as the most sparkling female singer-songwriter since Joni Mitchell, nevertheless remains a unique and authentic artist, exploring fresh musical avenues for more

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I stopped blogging for a couple of months, just didn’t feel like it. I certainly have a reason for that. First Adriana, an old friend of mine came to live with me, she has been here for 4 months now, it has been good for me; it has comforted my loneliness. Also got into a relationship last December, and it’s working fine, it’s good to have a love in life, I know it’s a process to be built, to

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The problem within the ProblemAfter a few days away from my Social Anxiety Blog I felt the need to come back and write about what’s going on in my life. I believe is a way of compiling my thoughts, writing is a technique that allows me to take a look at my life with a different perspective. I have noticed lately how my anxiety has transform from social anxiety to a more generalized anxiety. Let

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I believe a mental disorder is measured in terms of functionality. An adult person should be able to accomplish certain activities in his regular life, such us: being able to take care of himself/herself, work, study, have a family relationship, have friends, have a couple, etc.How much the functionality of the person is affected in terms of these different aspects is what would tell us, how

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The Thinkarete ManifestoI found a cool, inspirational video with a powerful message, very motivational, it’s the Think-arete Manifesto. Check the video:I believe in the capacity of every man to take full control of its own future, but are we willing to do it? The perspective of Humanism in Psychology proposes that we all have our own potentials and the ability to reach that potential.The Name

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Social Phobia From a Harmful Dysfunction PerspectiveWith the series of articles I’m writing about social phobia not being a mental disorder but just a temperament condition, I want to show a different perspective on the matter and trying to explain my position towards it. I believe our society is over medicating certain conditions because of the need of pharmaceutical companies to create

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Has this ever happened to you, an excessive preoccupation, fear or worry about having a serious illness?I have been on this process for a couple months now. I have gone to the doctor for several times, had myself checked thoroughly, because I keep thinking something is wrong with me, I feel pain in certain areas of my body and also feel weak sometimes during the day.I even started to search on

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I'm in the position where I believe social phobia should not be considered a “disorder”. The fact that you call it that way gives me the idea of illness. I would say it should be viewed as a condition, where the person needs to develop social skills through an integral treatment: healthy lifestyle, therapy (CBT), medicines, some type of spiritual discipline.The idea with this post is to express

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Have you noticed how I don't called Social Anxiety a "disorder", the word itself just gives me the sense of illness.I found a great resource (video) from a well known Psychologist, Dr John Breeding, I was so glad to find it, in this 20 minute video he tells us his own perception of Social Anxiety and mentions that “Social Anxiety is a survival response, not a pathology). That confirms my theory.

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After a couple of months I am back to the Social Anxiety Blog, I traveled to my country to visit family and some friends. It certainly felt good to be home for a while, I can say that the social fear left me during those days, except for one time when I had dinner with my brother and a couple of his friends. As soon as I found out that we were having dinner with his friends, my friend the Anxiety

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Inspired on a post from Shawn at Anxious Living, I decided to write a bit about my short experience with anxiety medications.I have a healthy lifestyle, exercise, eat propertly, assist to therapy, avoid drinking and smoking, I have a job... but I still feel something is missing... well: "RELATIONSHIPS" a big word for us. My relationships with family and friends are difficult, I don't even have a

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Last few days have been really difficult, my anxiety has increased, it’s amazing how I find my mind going through roads of the most negative thoughts, I am always thinking the worst things that can happen to me.If I hear somebody laughing then I think this person is laughing of me, if I hear somebody saying something to another person in a bus or at the gym, etc, I think they are talking of me,

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Do you feel like you loose control, like you forget who you are in some or most of your social situations?To me it’s just like if there were two different people in me; see in some social situations I feel confident, positive, and clear of whom I am. Other times I am totally lost, I forget who I am, I am scared, frightened, and anxious.I think it has to do with the person or the group that is in

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A cousin and an old friend of mine came over to stay with me for a period of time. My cousin is starting a new business in the city and ask me if he could stay for a period of time (couple of months maybe), and so my friend, she comes from another country and decided to come over to "start a new life", that is when we think we can run away from ourselves, I mean, some times we think we can go

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Found myself with love... Being a person with social anxiety makes love life much, much difficult. Whenever you meet a person (somebody whom you might be interested in), there is always that feeling of anxiety towards what is going to happen: How can I get closer to that person? What do I do so the other person doesn’t find about my social anxiety?I met somebody the other day, I am really

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I have been asking myself about the difficulty I have making friends, has been like that all my life? Or is it just in the last couple of years when it really has become more conscious.I mean before I didn't really realize the complexity of it, I was just living my life, was most of the time with my family, had occasional friends (never had any lasting relationships), people came and went out of

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Do you have any techniques that you have found work for you when your are anxious? What do you do in this cases?I write as a way of helping myself to overcome social anxiety, is a way for me to flush my mind, to be able to let my thoughts come out. Most of the time the things that come out are very painfull, but I know that if I just let them out instead of blocking them, I'm going be able to

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It's sad to think about my infancy, it was a difficult time, every time I think about it I realize that there were too many facts that drove me finally to be a socialy anxious person.I am the oldest one of 3 brothers and an adopted sister. I was 5 years old when my first brother was born, so I was pretty much alone during these first five years, surrounded by adults: Mother, Father, Grandparents,

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Did you ever asked yourself what it was to be a child with SA? Can you recall it? Are we born with some type of Anxiety?As I can recall, I was a “difficult child”, that’s what I was told, since the day of my birth, my mother had difficulties giving birth… I was too big, waited around 10 pounds; I was also a baby that had many problems adapting to eating and sleeping hours and was crying all the

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I remember and associate many things from my infancy, when I was 5 years old I started to go to school, that was a very difficult time. I remember that for me to go to school was a nightmare, I used to cry every morning, I didn't want to be there.Now I now why: first I had a teacher that used the old school methods, she was allways screaming and threatening, I used to be very scared of her, plus

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I have found some things that I think are important about the origins of my social anxiety. I discovered that when I get the *symptoms, is the little child I used to be that is present, that is what I used to feel when I was a kid, I was so scared in the presence of people, I just couldn't handle it.I remember that when I started going to school, I was 4 years old, it was a difficult time for me,

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As I mentioned in my last post: Can you start to imagine the roots of my social anxiety?I believe social anxiety has a genetic component too, I mean the fact that I had a difficult temper as a baby didn't help much (this is something I don’t know for a fact, maybe there is some investigation already about this subject, but I don’t know for sure, I am supposing it. So I have considered a couple

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I am not a native english speaker as you will see, but I write for two reasons: As a therapy to help me dealing with Social Anxiety and to force myself to practice the language, so if you find any errors please excuse my writing.I have been really anxious this month, specially this last week, the feeling is bad, it is something like you don't have peace, f*%& anxiety...If I go back to my

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Personal ExperienceThe idea of this blog is to share some of my own experiences dealing with social anxiety, being aware of how emotionally devastated it can be sometimes but also realizing that there is options to help us improve our quality life style.I have been trying to look for ways to cope with social anxienty, among them: Therapy, exercise, nutrition, getting information on the subject on

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