How To STOP Letting Social Anxiety Control You

Feeling trapped by social anxiety? In this video, we're going to tackle how to stop letting social anxiety control you. Social anxiety can be overwhelming, but with the right strategies, you can take back control of your life and start feeling more confident in social situations.

We will be sharing some practical tips on how to cope with social anxiety, recognize its triggers, and manage anxiety problems effectively. Whether you're dealing with social anxiety disorder or just feeling socially anxious in certain situations, this video is for you.

Disclaimer: This video is for informational purposes only and is not intended as professional advice. Please do not use this information to self-diagnose. If you are experiencing severe anxiety or mental health issues, seek help from a licensed mental health professional.

#socialanxiety #anxiety #mentalhealth

Writer: Sara Del Villar
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
Animator: ERIN (new animator)
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

[luvqraft]

Anxiety cripples some people enough that they’ll spend days worrying about meeting someone before chickening out.

[imokguysivetoldyoutoomanyt]

My social anxiety is talking to large groups of people when I KNOW all eyes are on me. Considering I have trouble with expressing my thoughts into words, doing something like that will for a long while be a big fear of mine.

[Aan]

Timestamps
1). Recognise where the spotlight is 1:10
2). Address the negative beliefs tied to your social anxiety 1:55
3). Be more realistic 3:17
4). Be more assertive 3:57
5). Learn to handle mistakes 5:01

Hope this helps you out. Hope you have a nice day. Sorry this is so late. 💙💙💙💙💙💙

[sammythehamster]

video appeared when currently dealing with social anxiety right now. I feel anxious facing people again

[neofulcrum]

The mind is the most potent enemy and friend. You decide which.

[sagieaesir]

I'm literally the most socially anxious I've been in my life right now. You have no idea how badly I needed this video before I ended up possibly quitting a social event 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[Hafgren]

I've struggled with social anxiety for as long as I can remember. I used to be able to hide it and pretend that everything was okay. However, after having a brain tumor, I've been left with physical issues that make it impossible for me to just pretend like everything is okay like I used to, but I'm working on it.

[riomarina]

Ive had crippling social anxiety ever since I could remember. This isn’t unfounded though, I grew up bullied and shunned by most people in my life, peers, family, friends, etc. Socializing isn’t a safe thing for me, it never has been, but that doesn’t mean I don’t want good healthy connections with people. My social anxiety just makes me completely shut down in any sort of social interaction, which means making those meaningful connections with people basically impossible.

[JustAViewer]

I love this ways of seeing stuff as a way of relief.
But once you are in such spot, anxiety is so bad that they seem like nothing but lies as it's YOU who seems to be the problem, not anyone else.

[KikiandfriendsXD]

OKAY YOU ARE MY SAVIOR
Tomorrow I am going back to high school and I am super stressed because I have general anxiety and a really bad past with socializing and it already caused me to spend the whole year alone, this video came at the right time! I am gonna try to follow your advices and hopefully finally make friends

[luvqraft]

Sometimes socially anxious people are too anxious to even meet someone.

[keip]

Social Anxiety is serious for some people as they completely shut down with any public confrontation as they see it as one. Rather than someone asking a question. Causing overthinking of always being negatively judged by others. In some ways it is pessimism.

[iiantixsocial]

I've struggled with social anxiety for as long as I can remember. I'm 19. I don't know what the cause or trigger is, since I haven't had negative experiences prior to developing social anxiety. It just sorta popped up. Though, I have been sheltered all my childhood, and I'm an introvert. The only friends I really have are online. The times I have tried to socialize in high school, I get this overwhelming wave of anxiety, this huge feeling of judgement from the person, and I just want to run and escape the conversation asap cuz I hate it so much. I always feel like I'm doing or saying something wrong even if it's saying hi or asking what someone's hobbies are. My mind goes blank if I don't already have conversation topics planned. If the conversation is short, I feel like I failed or embarrassed myself in some way. I've even assumed people hate me, don't like me, don't want to talk to me or feel forced to talk to me because I spoke to them. After a simple conversation, I need to calm down for like 30 minutes. It's kinda gotten to the point where my body/mind just has no motivation/courage to talk to people anymore. Usually I'd have the motivation/courage to at least try and talk to someone to make a friend, like "ok! I'm gonna talk to them!" but now that's just gone and I just don't want to talk to people. I don't care about it, even though I really want irl friends. I also have dreams about having solid irl friendships one day and I wake up in tears

[Annenotherday]

I ain't this fast to click a YouTube notification

[peacelovejusticeandnomercy]

You are in your own personal heaven when you stop caring what others think of you.

[Person-efxj]

I’m an Autistic person and was a bit of an extrovert as a child, before becoming more socially anxious over time.

[PrinzFunti]

When the anxiety gets so bad you can't even look at yourself in the mirror

[BasicallyBasilly]

Ma'am your soft voice helped me through whatever you're explaining already

[bhiamazing]

can't believe this came out while I'm having thoughts about socializing this school year:')

[fire-blood-ice]

In a situation of ppl looking at me, i always feel like they are thinking bad/mocking laughing behind my back .I am physically very insecure about my body. My father leaving us for another woman, did nothing but to add more on the plate of insecurities.
It's not like I don't want to be popular, carefree and be myself, but I Just cannot.I am now nothing but a shell of myself.I dress like PPL want me to.I study the course my parents want me to.I have to pretend to happy over small basic things my father got me and be grateful for having a roof over my head, bcz if I don't nothing is gonna change I am Just gonna get more hurt.Being always rejected by PPL I like is just a bonus.