Casper Bruce
06-21-2016, 03:08 PM
Long time reader of this forum. After awhile I decided to take action.
I am new here but I would like to share my tips to help lower my social anxiety daily. I hope it helps someone on here. I know dealing with anxiety can be rough.
1. Meditate- I know people think meditation can be silly but I've been doing it daily for 10 minutes for 2 weeks now and I feel more calm and focused. I do a simple meditation, I close my eyes and when I inhale I say in my head "SO" and when I exhale I say "Hum". I learned this from a friend so Im not sure what it means exactly. It allows me to feel really relaxed and calm. Try to do this for 5 minutes a day.
2. I set a time out where I dont allow myself to worry about anything. How do I do this? Simple really, I just write a list down for what Im grateful for about 15 minutes a day. My girlfriend died of lung cancer 4 months ago and I had really negative thoughts. We were together for 7 years almost...she died at the age of 25. After her death I learned I had to stop worrying and focus on what I have now as worrying wont get you anywhere.
3. Find out what stressing you out and find the root of your problem. Now this one is a tough one! Its hard because your brain loves to defend itself. So you will have a hard time figuring it out. Sometimes its nothing that is really stressing you out and its just you are worrying. Meditation helped with this one alot. I was able to pinpoint why I have social anxiety most of the time.
4. For people with social anxiety - This one is hard too....If you are out in public alone, talk to a random person...just small talk. I know this one is super hard but if you force yourself to do it, you'd be surprised what you can do. Now some people will say some people cant do these things. Im just sharing because they are working for me. Especially the meditation! Hope this helps someone out there. I know how rough it can be to deal with these overwhelming feelings daily. The worrying, the fear, and so on.
I am new here but I would like to share my tips to help lower my social anxiety daily. I hope it helps someone on here. I know dealing with anxiety can be rough.
1. Meditate- I know people think meditation can be silly but I've been doing it daily for 10 minutes for 2 weeks now and I feel more calm and focused. I do a simple meditation, I close my eyes and when I inhale I say in my head "SO" and when I exhale I say "Hum". I learned this from a friend so Im not sure what it means exactly. It allows me to feel really relaxed and calm. Try to do this for 5 minutes a day.
2. I set a time out where I dont allow myself to worry about anything. How do I do this? Simple really, I just write a list down for what Im grateful for about 15 minutes a day. My girlfriend died of lung cancer 4 months ago and I had really negative thoughts. We were together for 7 years almost...she died at the age of 25. After her death I learned I had to stop worrying and focus on what I have now as worrying wont get you anywhere.
3. Find out what stressing you out and find the root of your problem. Now this one is a tough one! Its hard because your brain loves to defend itself. So you will have a hard time figuring it out. Sometimes its nothing that is really stressing you out and its just you are worrying. Meditation helped with this one alot. I was able to pinpoint why I have social anxiety most of the time.
4. For people with social anxiety - This one is hard too....If you are out in public alone, talk to a random person...just small talk. I know this one is super hard but if you force yourself to do it, you'd be surprised what you can do. Now some people will say some people cant do these things. Im just sharing because they are working for me. Especially the meditation! Hope this helps someone out there. I know how rough it can be to deal with these overwhelming feelings daily. The worrying, the fear, and so on.