Anyone who has ever done “exposure therapy” for social anxiety disorder, or any anxiety for that matter, will know that it is hard. Some people give up on treatment at this point just because it is so hard. It might seem obvious but one of the things that can make it less hard (NOT easy)
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The Volume Knob Problem Anxiety, Fear, Mindfulness / admin What is the volume knob problem? Well it’s a way I think about the fact that some people experience their emotions more intensely than others. This is what the psychologists call “emotional dysregulation” or problems regulating emotions. All sorts of things can cause it. Some people…
Blow Your Own Horn – Interview with Dwight Dilon
Blow Your Own Horn – Interview with Dwight Dilon by Kyle MacDonald on July 22, 2015 In this weeks episode of The Confident Mind I talk to Dwight Dilon, “America’s Authority on Performance Anxiety”, about his career as a professional jazz trombonist, his own struggle with performance anxiety or “stage fright”, and the techniques he…
REPOSTED: Stop Watching the News
REPOSTED: Stop Watching the News by Kyle MacDonald on November 18, 2015 It seems a good week to re-visit this episode of the Confident Mind. So if you missed it the first time around, enjoy… In this episode of “The Confident Mind,” I talk about how our mind is defined by what we pay attention to,…
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or “CBT” is a well-established treatment approach of many mental health problems including Social Anxiety Disorder. It helps people observe their thoughts, ideas and beliefs that tend to support or intensify the emotions of anxiety. At it’s core CBT believes that our thoughts create our emotions, and our thoughts are influenced by…
Hello John, It’s Great to See You Again!
Hello John, It’s Great to See You Again! by Kyle MacDonald on April 8, 2015 in Social Anxiety, Social Anxiety at Work About 18 months ago I decided to create John (a fictional character) and wrote some posts about his experiences with social anxiety. The stories were all made up of real clinical experiences from…
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Are You a Perfectionist? (Video Blog) by Kyle MacDonald in Perfectionism One of things that’s tricky with social anxiety is understanding what ‘getting it right’ actually looks like. What do you think it means to get it right, or get it wrong, in a social situation? Do you think that it’s important to be perfect when you…