Things to Think about if you are struggling with Social Anxiety Here are a few points that stuck with me from the Mater Social Anxiety group and from what others have brought up in the follow-up group. They helped me a lot in bringing my Social Anxiety under control. They are, of course, easier said/typed […]
The following is an further extract of the views expressed by one of our group members. It is been reproduced here with their explicit permission. Would love to hear your comments and reflections. Odhran I remember at the start of the group, social anxiety being described as condition dominated by perfectionism, and that really hit […]
Published on behalf of Group Member. Day 2: On leaving the meeting last week, as I said in the previous blog, I was looking forward to it without any trepidation. However, as the week progressed and I started to think more and more about our “home work” assignment and considering my obsession to try attain […]
Published on behalf of Group Member. Day 1 After quite a long wait I attended my first night at the social anxiety group. (If you are reading this I presume you know what I am talking about). With a little trepidation I “boldly plunged into the abyss” or at least that is way I was […]
The following is an further extract of the views expressed by one of our group members. It is been reproduced here with their explicit permission. Would love to hear your comments and reflections. Odhran I can also say, that for a long time I thought that if people had good social skills and self confidence, […]
The following is an extract of the views expressed by one of our group members. It is been reproduced here with their explicit permission. Would love to hear your comments and reflections. Odhran Looking back on my life, I can see it wasn’t so much social anxiety itself as what I did with it that […]
Opening up to friends and family about my anxiety attacks has been a vital step. However isolated you feel, you’re not alone Since my teens, I have suffered daily with acute anxiety. This commonly presents itself in the form of social anxiety – an overwhelming sense of dread at the prospect of participating in some form of […]
AT A TIME when most of her peers were enjoying their first taste of independence, Laura was a prisoner. “I lived in college accommodation with other students who loved to go out every night – drinking and partying. I hardly ever came out of my room, and when I did I was really scared of […]
Get Involved! Social Anxiety Ireland are always interested in progressing our understanding of social anxiety so that new and more effective treatments may be developed. This is typically achieved through conducting well-designed research projects. We regularly get approached to facilitate research on social anxiety. Research projects, however, do require ‘participants’. One recent request seemed very […]
Post #2 Thinking Out Loud (About Social Anxiety Talking to people about my social anxiety has helped a lot. Like anything, I think it’s wise to be selective about who to confide in, but in my experience, explaining my situation to close friends and family was a positive step and the support I got was […]