REPOSTED: Anxiety is Not a Disease by Kyle MacDonald on March 17, 2016 In this weeks episode of The Confident Mind I talk about the limits and dangers in thinking about anxiety as a “brain disease”, some of the research that shows it clearly isn’t a disease, and what we understand about what actually causes…

Understanding Fear – What are Phobias and How Common Are They? by Kyle MacDonald in Fear, Phobias What are phobias? Well, in a psychological context, they are a persistent fear of objects, animals or situations, which a person will go to great lengths to avoid. While some of us dislike spiders, some affected by arachnophobia…

If you’re worried about whether or not you may have social anxiety, then at the very least there is a problem.  And the fact that you’ve made it to this page means you think that there is a problem with how much anxiety you feel when in social situations. The core of Social Anxiety Disorder is…

Online Therapy: Interview with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com by Kyle MacDonald on June 24, 2015 In this episode of The Confident Mind Podcast Kyle talks with Dr. John Grohol of psychcentral.com about Online therapy. John  is a pioneer in online mental health, publishing the first commercial mental health portal in 1995.   He was the first…

Thank You! Thank you for requesting a copy of The Social Anxiety Survivor’s Handbook. I really hope you enjoy it and find it helpful! All the best, Kyle CLICK HERE to Download the Social Anxiety Survivor’s Handbook > You can print the handbook or save the pdf file to your computer. If you have any issues downloading…

Three Types of Jobs for Someone With Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald on April 18, 2015 in Social Anxiety at Work   I’ve written before about how to deal with social anxiety in the workplace and how to tackle job interviews when you have social anxiety – but what type of jobs should you go for…