johnmeyer
04-17-2016, 05:17 AM
I have recently developed a nasty form of social anxiety. Until now I haven't done anything about it, except complain and feel sorry for myself.
But now, I'm ready to take steps to get better.
I want to avoid taking drugs. I don't care about the stigma, I'm just afraid of the side effects. I know people claim they are generally safe, but I want to hold on to taking drugs, if it is possible to cure myself without them.
I'm a bit of a science freak, and I have been doing a lot of research the past month, trying to find out what is the most efficient and least intrusive form of therapy for dealing with social anxiety. The answers that came up were REBT, CBT and Exposure Therapy.
From what I have read, I gather that the behavioural part of all these therapies is that which actually works. And out of all the 3, it is Exposure Therapy that is the most efficient. The other forms of therapy work only insofar as they have exposure elements to them. Is this true? Can anyone share their experience with this?
I also found a blog post that kind-of touches on what I am feeling right now.
(Can't post a link to it, not enough reputation)
The author claims that exposure therapy works the best for anxiety related disorders. I'm going to buy the book it recommends because it is cheap enough.
Ideally, I would like to go into proper therapy sessions, but I don't want to invest the money and the time, unless I'm sure that this method works.
Any thoughts? Is exposure therapy useful against anxiety?
Thank you,
John Meyer
But now, I'm ready to take steps to get better.
I want to avoid taking drugs. I don't care about the stigma, I'm just afraid of the side effects. I know people claim they are generally safe, but I want to hold on to taking drugs, if it is possible to cure myself without them.
I'm a bit of a science freak, and I have been doing a lot of research the past month, trying to find out what is the most efficient and least intrusive form of therapy for dealing with social anxiety. The answers that came up were REBT, CBT and Exposure Therapy.
From what I have read, I gather that the behavioural part of all these therapies is that which actually works. And out of all the 3, it is Exposure Therapy that is the most efficient. The other forms of therapy work only insofar as they have exposure elements to them. Is this true? Can anyone share their experience with this?
I also found a blog post that kind-of touches on what I am feeling right now.
(Can't post a link to it, not enough reputation)
The author claims that exposure therapy works the best for anxiety related disorders. I'm going to buy the book it recommends because it is cheap enough.
Ideally, I would like to go into proper therapy sessions, but I don't want to invest the money and the time, unless I'm sure that this method works.
Any thoughts? Is exposure therapy useful against anxiety?
Thank you,
John Meyer