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What is the best book in the market that provides good advice about overcoming social phobia/anxiety? - randizzle - 10-12-2012 02:21 PM
Looking for most popular book that works that provides step-by-step lessons. Also, if you overcomed social phobia, please provide some insights.
- jmp8701 - 10-12-2012 02:29 PM
not ture look online theyre will be plenty of books
- Cribber - 10-12-2012 02:29 PM
http://books.roxsuperstore.com/?cmd=id&as=0060927585
From panic to Power by LUCINDA BASSETT
In my opinion she is the only one out there who really understands anxiety and how to overcome it. She has been there and done that.. she really does speak to it. Before I found the method that finally worked for me, her writing was the only thing that approached having a clue what it was all about and how tocontrol it.
- rruloff - 10-12-2012 02:29 PM
I liked
Erika B.Hillard:Living fully with shyness and social anxiety, NY,2005
a lot: practical and informative. (Read the readers reviews on Amazon.com.)
- Piper G - 10-12-2012 02:29 PM
Negative emotions (like sadness, stress, anger, etc.) causes your Serotonin production to be low; when your Serotonin level is low, you are more prone to getting Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Depression, etc.
Medication like Antidepressants (SSRI - Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor) helps to boost Serotonin level.
But there are natural ways to do it without medication. There's this strange herb called "St John's Wort" - it is said to be more effective than Prozac. No, it is not for mild depression only and ignore those sayings. In fact, it does help anxiety and panic-attacks as St John's Wort works like prozac. Other natural ways will be exercise, diet, more exposure to light, etc.
The problem is that, even if your Serotonin is balanced... you have that "learned behavior" in your mind. You need to break that initial cycle to destroy that learned behavior - Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) does this. A technique that you can use without CBT will be Distraction... There are several other techniques to help cope them!
Ok, to use Distraction: Firstly, try to....
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