Social Anxiety: 2/3 Why improving social skills is not the answer

Watch 3 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9v3MqiKwhg
Watch 1 of 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLzmUDmQLOM

I explain why improving your social skills is not the answer to overcoming Social Phobia or social anxiety. There is a related article on my blog http://www.socialanxiety.co.uk/blog/improving-social-skills

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[jesahs]

All this just resonates so much with me. I've been experiencing all this for the past 10 years (30 now), and have noticed these problems you describe but have never actually articulated them. Ive finally figured out what that nagging feeling of somehow being different from others but never quite being able to figure out the cause. Now I know...it's social anxiety. The biggest piece of the puzzle is solved.

[socialanxietyvideo]

@jesahs All the best with moving forward and making life as you want it :)

[893097011]

nice video man, you can be a good lecturer or speaker on this topic!!

xD really helped!

[socialanxietyvideo]

Thanks :-)

[southpoleworld]

this is very good information. great video!!!

[poobearpanda345]

@jesahs I doubt you have social anxiety if you only started feeling this way when you were 20. I have it and I've had the symptoms of it since as long as I can remember. All throughout childhood and now as a teen. Teen years are awful for SA.

[138DarkAngel]

i started shaking in class and well i am pretty sure some people could tell which made me even more nerves feeling like i wanted to run out of the class room and cry and i felt like crap the rest of the day it was before and after reading a paper in front of the class it got a lot worse while i was reading it DX

[anEAGLEinAdesert]

omg dude you have to be a psychologist....... you're great at what you do

[wefiyhigh56]

I know I'm some what good looking and smart and nice but I can't really keep a conversation or talk to girls and then I'm self-conscious

[ochresparrow]

These videos are actually an excellent overview of what SA is and how it works. Should totally be required watching.

[kelleyjane07]

the face mask!! yess! i understand now. my husband is always asking me if i'm angry or something because he says i have an ugly/mad look on my face. now i know! it's because i have social anxiety and i'm standing there, with this look on my face, thinking over every little detail of what i said and how stupid i looked. and now he's telling me i look angry and i'm worrying about that too!!! ah geez, lol

[ilovetoolx3]

Please go be a psychologist, now. These 3 videos helped me learn so much about what it is that's wrong with me.

[arc1342]

i feel like shit!

[PoseidonKross2009]

Liked :)

[suzsiz]

face tense mask - I hate this mask! cant relax!