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Archive for January, 2010

List of feared situations

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

This video simply provides a list of some of the situations people with Social Phobia / social anxiety find difficult and anxiety provoking. If you suffer with social anxiety but fear a situation that’s not on the list then I would be really interested to hear about it. Please leave your comments below.

‘The Socially Anxious DJ’

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Please note that the voting deadline has now passed

Please help ‘The Socially Anxious DJ’ raise awareness of social anxiety and help someone with social anxiety live their dream. The video below explains why and how. Please feel free to put it on your blog or website. Apologies that some parts do not make sense. This is because it was created for YouTube viewers. The link to use is below the video.

Click this link and then use the stars to vote. He only has a chance of winning if you vote 5 stars: http://www.letsmix.com/mix/28224/red_mist

This video is of ‘The Socially Anxious DJ’ talking about their personal experiences of social anxiety.

You can also further support his efforts to raise awareness of social anxiety by listening to, downloading and rating his excellent mixes at DJMix.net: http://djmix.net/SocioPhobicDJ

Thank you for your support!

Why improving social skills isn’t the answer

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

In these three videos I explain why improving your social skills is not a successful method of overcoming your social anxiety. I also explain why people with social anxiety often struggle to perform well in social situations. I have already discussed this topic in the blog entry called, Improving Social Skills, but I wanted to revisit it on video and go into a little bit more detail.