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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…
Welcome to The Confident Mind Podcast, the popular self help podcast by Kyle MacDonald. To subscribe to the podcast, please use the links below: Click Here to Subscribe via iTunes Click Here to Subscribe via RSS (non-iTunes feed) If you have a chance, please leave me an honest rating and review on iTunes by clicking…
What’s Your Compass? by Kyle MacDonald in Goals, in Public, Social Anxiety, Social Phobia 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…
REPOSTED: Getting Stuck in Sadness by Kyle MacDonald on August 14, 2016 This week on the Confident Mind I talk about sadness and how one of the ways that depression happens is when we get stuck in sadness, and allow it to define our sense of ourselves. I discuss research that shows that when we practice…
How to Use Mindfulness Skills for Anxiety Disorders by Kyle MacDonald in Mindfulness A life-limiting disorder, social anxiety is characterized by “hyperfocus”. What this means is that if you have social anxiety, then you genuinely feel that “everybody” notices your nervousness and symptoms, and that you are being judged by them for it. Do you…
Counting Sheep by Kyle MacDonald on August 5, 2015 This week on The Confident Mind, I talk sleep. I discuss how to think about what “normal” sleep is, how to work with your own sleep patterns, what sleep hygiene is and of course how mindfulness can help with sleeplessness. https://www.overcomingsocialanxiety.com/podcast-download/5645/counting-sheep.mp3 Download file | Play in…