5 Simple Things I did to Overcome my Shyness and Social Anxiety
It is hard to forget the awkward feeling and the heart thumping moment when you have to address a group of people or a big crowd or even approach someone. The anxiety you feel in social situations is something most of the people can relate to, that feeling of shyness tends to hold people back from participating in social situations. However, there are ways to overcome this shyness and become confident.
5 Ways to Overcome Shyness & Social Anxiety
- Root of shyness:
It is important to understand the root of your shyness. The reason why you tend to get embarrassed when the spotlight is on you. It may be due to weak self-image or you are preoccupied with how u come off to people or you have been tagged as shy or any other reason. It is important to know them and work on them.
The negative or self-evaluating thoughts tend to make you feel low about yourself or you spend too much time thinking about perfect you have to be in front of people or what they might think of you, focusing too much on yourself.
Start focusing on others, divert your mental attention elsewhere. When we stop focusing on ourselves we tend to think less as to how we come off in front of people. It’s all in the mind. Negative or positive thoughts, it’s all up to you. It’s all about thinking and that’s something you can definitely control.
- Act Confidently:
Be confident while you interact with people. Display a confident body language while doing the same. Make eye contact while talking, walk with head held high. Confident body language can do wonders to boost your moral. It might take a while to develop but again Rome was not built in a day. It will take practice but eventually, you will gain confidence. Don not avoid interactions or participation, interact with people, it will help you develop your confidence and overcome your anxiety.
- Know Your Strengths:
We all have our strengths and weaknesses. It is important to know and accept them. Find your strength and focus on it. Knowing what you are good at helps boosting your self-esteem and helps your confidence grow. Think about your positive qualities when you feel low or insecure. Your strengths will make you feel good about yourself. They can give
- Visualize:
Visualize yourself as a confident person. Think of a situation and visualize yourself as a confident person in that situation. Think about how you feel? What do you sound like? What do you see? Try to involve all your senses when you do it to make it feel real. Try it for different situations.
- Try new things:
Try new things even if they make you anxious. Move out of your comfort zone. Fear of failure refrain’s us from trying new things. Getting yourself in these uncomfortable situations helps you reduce your fear towards those situations. Facing our fears is better than avoiding them and sometimes it better to stare it down. By doing these things you overcome your fear of unknown things and it helps you grow. Every social situation you get into is a test of your social skills, the more you do it, better you get at it.
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