Why Do I Have Social Anxiety? (Video Blog) 30 May 2013 / Social Anxiety / admin Why. Why. Why? I hear this question a lot. Such questions as; Why do I have social anxiety? Why do I experience social anxiety? Why is social anxiety such a problem for me? Why is avoidence such a big problem for me?…
What I Do The Rest Of The Week… by Kyle MacDonald in Interviews A lot of what OvercomingSocialAnxiety (“OSA”) is about is removing the stigma surrounding anxiety and mental health issues and getting people talking both about how they’re feeling and how the world treats those who struggle with issues such as social anxiety. That’s…
How To Get Over a Breakup 17 November 2015 Acceptance, Anger / Kyle MacDonald Breakups are tough. It’s not just the stuff of country and western ballads or soft-focus romantic comedies, it’s a visceral and often debilitating pain to end a relationship in which you’ve most likely invested a great deal of emotional energy. Even…
A Virtual Approach to Treating Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald in Therapy Because the basis of the continuation of social anxiety is avoidance, most treatments include confronting the triggers for those anxieties or phobias (some of you reading this will know just what I am talking about here). The issue for therapists (me included) then…
Inferiority (is) Complex by Kyle MacDonald in Mindfulness, Social Anxiety It’s a bit on an old idea now, but saying someone has an “inferiority complex” is one of those psychological terms that has made it into everyday language, but what does it actually mean? Technically inferiority complex is defined as: “…a lack of self-worth, a…
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This may seem like nonsense, but actually one of the best ways to cope with stress is to allow your self to feel a little bit of it, and to take on moderate and realistic challenges. In doing so we inoculate our body and our brain to stress. A lot of people who struggle with…
Did you know that roughly 35% of the population have experienced some form of a panic attack? That’s probably higher than you thought right? However only a small percentage then go on to develop some form of panic or anxiety disorder. What this highlights is that it’s how we respond to situations we find ourselves in…
Is Inferiority Complex Linked to Social Anxiety? by Kyle MacDonald in Inferiority Complex Whether it’s about Greece’s economic woes or the Socceroos winning football’s Asian Cup, journalists love to bandy around the phrase “inferiority complex” as if it’s catch-all statement to imply doubt and uncertainty. But the term has its origins in the work of…
Positive Affirmations Don’t Work by Kyle MacDonald on May 27, 2015 In this episode of “The Confident Mind,” I explore the self help idea of “positive affirmations”, why they don’t work, and how mindfulness skills can help us to more effectively deal with so called negative thinking patterns. To see more about my online treatment…