How Can Shyness Be Genetic If I Wasn’t Born With It?

As a doctor of psychology specializing in the treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder and Excessive Shyness, I find that my patients come up with some very interesting questions.  One of them is, “Why do you say social anxiety is rooted in genetic factors when I didn’t get these sympoms till I was sixteen (or twenty-three [...]

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How To Relax At Parties and Other Social Gatherings

If you have social anxiety or excessive shyness, you probably know what it feels like to have the push-pull sensation of excitement about a party or social event paired with nervous physical sensations such as butterflies in your stomach, diarrhea, minor tremors in your hands, or other such annoyance.  These annoying sensations of anxiety are [...]

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How To Have Social Anxiety For The Rest Of Your Life

What kind of title is that?  It’s a title designed to get your attention, just like the next sentence.  If all you do is read about social anxiety and think about social anxiety and avoid your social anxiety symptoms, you will succeed at having social anxiety for the rest of your life.  More importantly, you [...]

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Welcome to the Social Anxiety Secrets Blog!

You’ve found the right place for the information you need in your battle against social anxiety symptoms and excessive shyness. This blog is meant to inspire you and give you consistent motivation and new insights to supercharge your fight against a life of avoidance and fear that can drain your social energy and stop the [...]

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