Social anxiety is the intense fear of social situations that causes a significant problem in your life.  It tends to be triggered by situations that can be defined as either “social” (i.e. parties, lunch breaks, dates) or “performance” (work performance review, giving a speech or presentation, taking an exam). People who suffer from social anxiety…

Did you know that roughly 35% of the population have experienced some form of a panic attack? That’s probably higher than you thought right? However only a small percentage then go on to develop some form of panic or anxiety disorder. What this highlights is that it’s how we respond to situations we find ourselves in…

Almost everyone finds job interviews anxiety-provoking to an extent. People that suffer from social anxiety can have a difficult time landing jobs. Many interviewers misinterpret signs of anxiety during a job interview for lack of competencies. It can be pretty upsetting. But there is good news for people that have difficulty with social anxiety and…

Is Inferiority Complex Linked to Social Anxiety? by Kyle MacDonald in Inferiority Complex Whether it’s about Greece’s economic woes or the Socceroos winning football’s Asian Cup, journalists love to bandy around the phrase “inferiority complex” as if it’s catch-all statement to imply doubt and uncertainty. But the term has its origins in the work of…

What’s Your Compass? 10 September 2013 Goals, in Public, Social Anxiety, Social Phobia / Kyle MacDonald 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…

Anger Management by Kyle MacDonald on February 10, 2016 Do you have a problem with anger?  On this episode of The Confident Mind I discuss how to best manage anger, the ways we respond to anger that don’t tend to work, and those that do.  In this research focussed but practical look, I give some…