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Information for Loved Ones

Nick Hanlon — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:10:14 +0000

I have prepared this document which is intended as information for people who are new to the subject of social anxiety. It is mainly designed to help individuals educate their family, friends, carers and health care professionals about social anxiety and social phobia, but you may find it useful and interesting as a sufferer yourself. When trying to explain your social anxiety to the people who are in your life it can often be helpful to have to have some information sourced from neutral third party that clearly explains everything so you do not have to. This is what this document aims to do. It answers the following questions and can be downloaded using the link below.

What is social anxiety and social phobia?
How common is social anxiety and when does it start?
Is social phobia a recognised medical condition?
Isnâ€™t social phobia just a term made up to sell medications?
Are socially anxious people anti-social?
Are socially anxious people just shy?
Are socially anxious people fearful around everyone?
How does social phobia develop?
What is most likely to be the cause?
Does anxiety involve your body as well as your mind?
What happens in the body when you are anxious?
What are the consequences of this?
Is social anxiety the same experience for everyone?
How do socially anxious people manage their fears?
Do the safety behaviours used help?
Is anxiety only experienced when around other people?
What kind of thoughts do socially anxious people have?
Wonâ€™t alcohol and just putting yourself out there sort it out?
What kind of situations do socially anxious people find difficult?
Why donâ€™t they just snap out of it and pull themselves together?
What other feelings accompany social anxiety?
Does social phobia commonly occur with anything else?

Click here to download the ‘Information on Social Anxiety’ document

Goal Setting Free Download

Nick Hanlon — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:36:05 +0000

Do you know what you really want in life? Do you have a plan for overcoming your social anxiety? When I was struggling with my anxiety I could easily answer ‘no’ to both of those questions. I was really stuck to know what direction to take my life in and making a plan for overcoming my social anxiety was definitely not something I was actively thinking about. I felt twisted up inside about knowing what I should do with my life, nothing felt right and I just felt stuck with it. I have spoken to many people with social anxiety who feel the same and that is why I have created a three part audio presentation on goal setting to help address this problem. Sometimes it is not knowing what the answers are that is the problem, but rather how we are trying to answer the question, and that is what I address in this new free download. I also address issues surrounding fears of failure.

To access it, just login to the Free Downloads Area, or if you are not already a member then it only takes a minute to Register Your Details. I promise you will not get lots of spam emails and the only emails you will get are occasional updates from Socialanxiety.co.uk. You can delete your account yourself at any time.

Click the play button below to listen to a sample of the audio.

Genetic and Biological Causes

Nick Hanlon — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:04:36 +0000

Why do you feeling socially anxious? Could your genetics be partly to blame? Do you have a ‘chemical imbalance’? A new artical now available in the free downloads section starts to answer these questions and make sense of the evidence available. If you have any comments you wish to share on this article then please post them below this blog entry.