http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog Helping you understand and overcome social anxiety and shyness Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:43:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Bristol to help raise awareness of anxiety disorders and also advertise our services at Social Anxiety West. It is something that I would never have thought I would be able to do back when I was socially anxious, so it feels quite an ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/bbc-radio-interview-on-social-anxiety Continuing the story of my life, in this second chapter I talk about what life was like for me in secondary school (high school) in relation to social anxiety. I talk about friends, bullying, skipping lesson, eating in the canteen and lots more. You can watch chapter one which covers ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/nick_hanlons_story_two 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 ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/information-for-loved-ones In these videos I start to tell my story of my social anxiety and how it developed throughout my life. Chapter one starts with my early childhood and primary school years. http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/nick_hanlons_story_one "It’s not surprising that if you fear interacting with other people, particularly authority figures and that means you find it hard to seek professional help for your social anxiety, then you’re going to be prone to seeking whatever solutions are at hand. Often that means self-medicating with recreational drugs such ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/effects-of-self-medicating "I used to take drugs, mostly cannabis, but at around the age of 21 I started using other drugs – on the whole those other drugs were ecstasy, also known as MDMA, and like a lot of people do, I also drank alcohol. In one sense I used these because ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/experiences-of-self-medicating "Drugs did not cause my problems with social anxiety – I had social anxiety from a very early age. In fact, as far back as I can remember. But, in my mid to late teens and very early twenties I took recreational drugs. It was mostly cannabis which I smoked ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/cannabis 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 ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/list-of-feared-situations 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 ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/the-socially-anxious-dj 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 ... http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/why-improving-social-skills-isnt-the-answer