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What is this test? This test is known as the The Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) – a questionnaire developed by Dr. Michael R. Liebowitz, a psychiatrist and researcher. How it works This measure assesses the way that social phobia plays a role in your life across a variety of situations. Read each situation carefully…
Stop Watching the News by Kyle MacDonald on May 13, 2015 In this episode of “The Confident Mind,” I talk about how our mind is defined by what we pay attention to, and I use the research into the impact of watching daily television news broadcasts to illustrate the effects and how mindfulness enables us to…
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…
Three Types of Jobs for Someone With Social Anxiety by Kyle MacDonald in Social Anxiety at Work I’ve written before about how to deal with social anxiety in the workplace and how to tackle job interviews when you have social anxiety – but what type of jobs should you go for in the first place?…
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…
The Courage to Give a Speech by Kyle MacDonald in Anxiety, Fear, Public Speaking “There are two types of public speakers. Those who get nervous and those who are liars.” ― Mark Twain Would you rather be dead than give a speech? That’s what most surveys say anyway. When asked about their fears people rank…