Social Anxiety Support

cj123 · 07-15-2012, 11:47 AM

Most of the summer I have stayed within my comfort zone, which has included mainly studying and avoiding new people and situations. It is time for me to be uncomfortable. My goal is to at least once a week take a social anxiety risk that makes me step outside of my comfort zone. I do have a busy schedule, but I know I can at least take one challenge a week. Hopefully the number of challenges I take will increase.
When I do take a social risk, I will record my anxiety on a scale of 1-10 and my thoughts before the social risk; I will write down challenges to my negative thoughts. When the challenge is over, I will rank my anxiety from during the social challenge and after (3 rankings total). Again I will record my thoughts and write challenges to any negative ones.
Then I'll record everything here.

Would anyone like to join?

GreatHeartly · 07-17-2012, 05:23 AM

I have started to rate things I'm doing - interactions, obstacles etc. In the hopes that I can try to improve and panic less

I think it does make a difference if you can step back and take stock of the perceived threat and how you dealt with it.

Good luck with your challenge!

resistnothing · 07-21-2012, 01:12 PM

YES! I'll join.

ryobi · 07-21-2012, 01:48 PM

I'm down

07-15-2012, 11:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
cj123 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 51	Social Anxiety Challenge Every Week Most of the summer I have stayed within my comfort zone, which has included mainly studying and avoiding new people and situations. It is time for me to be uncomfortable. My goal is to at least once a week take a social anxiety risk that makes me step outside of my comfort zone. I do have a busy schedule, but I know I can at least take one challenge a week. Hopefully the number of challenges I take will increase. When I do take a social risk, I will record my anxiety on a scale of 1-10 and my thoughts before the social risk; I will write down challenges to my negative thoughts. When the challenge is over, I will rank my anxiety from during the social challenge and after (3 rankings total). Again I will record my thoughts and write challenges to any negative ones. Then I'll record everything here. Would anyone like to join?

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07-17-2012, 05:23 AM	#2 (permalink)
GreatHeartly Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 115	I have started to rate things I'm doing - interactions, obstacles etc. In the hopes that I can try to improve and panic less I think it does make a difference if you can step back and take stock of the perceived threat and how you dealt with it. Good luck with your challenge!

07-21-2012, 01:12 PM	#3 (permalink)
resistnothing Status: SAS Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Gender: Female Age: 20 Posts: 265	YES! I'll join.

07-21-2012, 01:48 PM	#4 (permalink)
ryobi Status: User Requested Permanent Ban Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: x Posts: 2,400	I'm down