To fully recover from Social Anxiety, or Social Phobia, you really must put yourself to a test. This is only for those who feel they have their anxiety under control. If not, stick with your plan and try this when you are ready.
Increase the risk of disapproval. This is very difficult to carry out, but it will show you just how far you've come, and it will also show you what you have to work on.
Just like facing your fears, you can use the imagery procedure, or jump right out into the real world.
Same thing as before... start out slow. Use the lowest causing anxiety situation from your diary you filled out earlier. Start out with something very simple, and deliberately make a mistake.
It can be:
- tripping in front of someone
- call someone by the wrong name
- dropping something at dinner
- purposely make your hand shake, or stutter
- open a door wrong; push when it says pull (I do this all the time. LOL)
At this point, you probably won't feel absolutely comfortable, but you shouldn't feel devastated, either. If you do, then drop this step and come back to it when you are ready.
Once you have handled this situation, you are ready to go back to your diary and choose something higher on your list of goals that causes a little more anxiety.
You keep moving in this way, so you eventually reach your top goal. Keep it slow, and don't move on to the next goal until you are absolutely ready.
You can do this!!!
Until next time...
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