Self-help for social anxiety 5: Exposure strategies

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[shidi-ishido]

This deserves far more attention to be honest, it could really help people change their lives. Let's all try to spread this!

[ellutal]

I haven't even started exposure therapy yet and your videos are already helping eliminate my social anxiety in a way :) thank you!

[yourfriendtz]

9:48 “let’s say for instance, that you plan on exposing yourself by riding a bus full of people”
That gave me a good laugh. Thank you for these modules, sincerely. I’m excited mixed with dread to start trying exposure therapy

[ultiumlabs]

big hint for me: "try to do the opposite, focus outward", I think that's the answer for me. thank you very much, really really appreciate this help. I'll try that.

[Sara-euui]

“You can practice outward focus in situations that aren’t anxious. Like a walk at the park”
Me: I’m anxious every time I step out of my house

[Benjamin_C_]

It's crazy, I've dealt with social anxiety on and off since I was a teenager. The first mentioning of "self focus" instantly resonated with me because this is exactly what I do when I'm starting to feel social anxiety. If I'm in the gym, I worry that people are looking at how I am lifting or what I look like or the actions I perform. Thank you for this series

[foujdaars]

I think the main crux is this video. It is very important to get off self focus but I think there are not enough tool to get implement it. If we try to get off self focus by focusing on our breath of being aware of present moment then itself our mind goes on our self focus, if we try to focus on other person face I can see my facial expressions on his/her face. This is the point which I want to deal with as I think this is the point whereby we can get rid of our social anxiety.

[Pradnya.gharde]

Don't even actually started the exposure therapy and alredy healing I could see the changes in the way I am thinking

[NN]

Thank you so much. Very informative. I plan to watch the other modules.

[mat]

These are great. Thank you Magnus for sharing! :)

[kazirahman]

Can we say this has strong elements of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy as well? Instead of changing our anxious thoughts in social situations, e.g "Everyone can see that I'm anxious", we try to acknowledge that it is just a thought without actively fighting it and changing it like we normally would do in CBT.

[nikita]

Thank you 🙏.I am very grateful to you for this huge help.

[khaofangsakolsupa]

This changes people’s lives. Thank you Mr. Magnus and the sponsor!

[fattysun]

Can’t believe this has so much fewer views than it deserves. This is changing my life.

[kimihime]

This was really great!! Really explanatory and helpful! Thank you so much! Please keep up the good work! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[Roseirful]

Thanks, it was clearer than many many material I read before. Now I have to try :)

[dudeguy]

Thank you so much you might have changed my life I love you

[rafkek]

Thanks dude im going to try this out in school tommorow.

[androidkasha]

To say the truth I practiced to keep outward focus on the street/restoratunts/stores for a month. And it works very bad, when you feel anxious it's very hard to keep focus outward, it consumes a lot of energy, focus jumps from outward to inside. I didn't feel any progress after month of doing it

[nawgee]

Wow never even realized that I have been using my over ear headphones to avoid talking to people. I always stated that I just liked hearing music while working (which is very true), BUT it's also to deter people from talking to me in the workplace