If you hate the idea of speaking and public and find yourself avoiding social gatherings, you likely suffer from social anxiety. Social anxiety is a type of social phobia which includes the fear of speaking in public and being overly self-conscious in social situations.

Everyone can get nervous about public speaking but people with social anxiety absolutely dread it. Their fear of public speaking and social anxiety is so intense that it often leads to physical symptoms too. People with severe social anxiety will go out of their way to isolate themselves from society and lead lives away from human contact.

Most people will have some level of social anxiety and can go on without treatment. However, if your social anxiety is preventing your from living a normal life, you should seek out treatment.

Treating Social Anxiety

Relaxation techniques

As with any other type of anxiety, an essential component of the treatment is to learn how to relax and get a grip on your emotions.

Anxiety can easily get out of hand; small problems can look huge for a person with anxiety. Their brain has gotten into the habit of distorting reality and making the situation look worse than it actually is.

Relaxation techniques help people come into the present, block out the white noise and pull away from the negative energy.

Controlling your emotions

If you have severe anxiety, it’s normal for your emotions to go haywire. Half the time the problem at hand is not as big as you think it is, your head is just blowing it out of proportion.

With regular meditation and self-hypnosis techniques, you should have greater control over your emotions.

Visualization

Visualization is an effective technique that pushes you to focus on the positives. How great will it feel If you blow your managers away with an awesome presentation? Won’t it be good for your career if you decide to go out to a networking event and mingle with prospective employers?

Keeping your eyes on the prize helps suppress any simmering feelings of fear and anxiety.

Overcoming Social Anxiety with Hypnosis

Hypnosis can help reprogram the mind and replace negative thinking patterns with positive ones. Over the course of regular hypnosis sessions, you’ll come to understand where your social anxiety stems from. You’ll learn to calm yourself with the power of self-hypnosis and ensure your emotions don’t get the better of you.

Rekha Shrivastava from Blossom Hypnosis is an experienced hypnotist that treats clients with all kinds of emotional health issues such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, passive-aggression and more.

Don’t let social anxiety from achieving your potential, treat it with hypnosis!

Contact Rekha for a free consultation via Skype/Facetime or visit her in her office in Rochester, New York.

Sources:

https://socialanxietyinstitute.org/what-is-social-anxiety

https://adaa.org/understanding-anxiety/social-anxiety-disorder