Social Anxiety - Determine Our Beliefs Through A Thought Diary

Today, we continue our journey to overcome Social Anxiety by studying our beliefs. We do this by looking back to our thought diary.

Okay, let's assume that you've made an all-out effort to record your thoughts in the thought diary we started here.

You should now have an idea of the types of thoughts you have while you are in, or thinking about, feared social situations. To keep the momentum going on our journey to overcome social anxiety, we now need to determine our beliefs.

Look at your thought diary, are there any unrealistic beliefs that we discussed here?

For instance:

• Do you believe if you are criticized for one specific thing, that it is a criticism of your entire worth as a person?
• Do you believe that if others disapprove of you, you won't be able to handle it?

Which, if any, of these beliefs do you have? Write them down. We need to identify our inaccurate expectations next.

Until next time...