Articles Index
How to Practice Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a method of reducing tension through alternating tightness and relaxation in the muscles. When practiced regularly and used in conjunction with behavioral therapy techniques, PMR can help alleviate symptoms of social anxiety disorder (SAD).
Dealing With Social Anxiety and Neighbors
If you have social anxiety, neighbors may seem intimidating. Here are some tips to get to know your neighbors better and stop being a prisoner in your home.
How to Refuse Requests
Learning how to refuse requests is important for those suffering with social anxiety. Refusing requests of others requires the use of assertive communication. Here are some quick tips to learn how to engage in this important social skill.
How to Make Requests
If you would like to learn how to make requests, it is important to learn the art of assertive communication. Here are some quick tips to help you become more assertive and make requests more easily.
How to Be Assertive
Interested in learning how to be assertive? Assertiveness is an effective means of communication and a skill that you can learn. Read more about this important social skill.
Social Anxiety and Walking Down the Aisle
As a bride with SAD, you may worry about social anxiety while walking down the aisle. Here are some tips to keep anxiety at bay during this special time.
Social Anxiety and Wedding Vows
Saying wedding vows can be more difficult if you suffer with social anxiety. Here are some tips to help overcome anxiety about saying your wedding vows.
Social Anxiety and the Wedding Receiving Line
There are many reasons to have a receiving line at your wedding if you suffer with social anxiety. Here are five reasons why you may want to consider having a receiving line if you get married.
Social Anxiety and Planning a Wedding
Planning a wedding when you suffer from social anxiety disorder can be a challenge. Here are some tips to make the process a little easier.
Social Anxiety and Out-of-Town Wedding Guests
Managing out-of-town guests during your wedding can be challenging when you suffer with social anxiety disorder. Here are some tips to make sure that you don't become a tour guide instead of a bride or groom.
Social Anxiety and the First Dance at Your Wedding
The first dance at your wedding can be nerve-wracking, particularly for brides or grooms suffering with social anxiety. Here are five tips to ease your nerves before you step out on the dance floor.
Social Anxiety and Wedding Speeches
Giving a wedding speech can be challenging if you suffer with social anxiety. Here are some tips for managing anxiety about delivering a speech at your wedding.
Social Anxiety and Choosing a Wedding Party
Choosing a wedding party can be a little more difficult when you suffer with social anxiety disorder. There are no hard and fast rules about how to choose your attendants and allowing yourself some flexibility can help with this wedding task.
Tips for Teenagers With Social Anxiety Disorder
Being a teenager with social anxiety disorder can be difficult. Learn how to cope and how you can manage social anxiety on a daily basis.
Social Anxiety and Teens: Advice for Parents
Parenting a teenager with social anxiety disorder can be challenging. Learn how to help your teenager cope and how you can provide the best environment for improvement.
Tips for Teaching Teenagers With Social Anxiety Disorder
Teaching a teenager with social anxiety disorder can be more difficult than working with students who do not suffer from social anxiety. Learn about how to help the student with SAD cope in the classroom.
Three Tricks for Starting a Conversation With a Stranger
Starting a conversation with a stranger can be difficult if you suffer with social anxiety disorder. Here are some tricks to get you help you become better at opening conversations with strangers.
How to Talk to People When You Have Social Anxiety Disorder
It can be hard to know how to talk to people if you have social anxiety disorder (SAD). Having a great conversation with someone can be as simple as doing something together to stimulate conversation.
Public Speaking Anxiety: Preparing to Give a Speech
Public speaking is a common fear among people with social anxiety disorder (SAD) as well as in the general population. One strategy for reducing speech anxiety is to prepare well before a speaking engagement. Here are some tips for making the most of your prep time.
Public Speaking Anxiety: Giving a Speech
Giving a speech can be a nerve-wracking experience if you have social anxiety disorder (SAD). Read more to learn about coping strategies that you use to help manage anxiety and put your best foot forward on the day of a big speech or presentation.
How to Ask Someone on a Date
It can be difficult to know how to ask for a date when you suffer from social anxiety. Here is a relatively painless way to give it a try.
Developing Good Eye Contact
Eye contact is often described as anxiety-provoking by people with social anxiety disorder (SAD). Still, good eye contact is one of the keys to successful social interaction. Use this quick tip to make sure that you are taking advantage of this useful social skill.
Social Anxiety and Weddings
Bridal shower anxiety can be a problem for shy brides, but for those with social anxiety disorder, nerves can become overwhelming. Here are some tips for managing worry and anxiety when you have to be the center of attention at a bridal shower.
Social Anxiety and Weddings
Wedding photos may be difficult if you suffer with social anxiety. Here are some tips to help relax prior to your photo shoot.
Social Anxiety and Weddings
Social anxiety during your wedding reception can make the process of meeting and greeting guests difficult. Use these tips to help manage anxiety and make mingling during the reception a little easier.