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Exposure

Let's Define "Social Anxiety" According to WebMD,  social anxiety disorder , also called social phobia, is an   anxiety disorder  in which a person has an excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations. Anxiety (intense nervousness) and self-consciousness arise from a fear of being closely watched, judged, and criticized by others.      While I was in therapy it was discovered that I had social anxiety disorder. One of the main things that I was told was that the best solution to my anxiety was exposure.       I looked at my therapist like "what?" What in the hell does that mean?  Let's define "exposure"  Exposure is: the fact or condition of being affected by something or experiencing something : the condition of being exposed  to  something      What this means is that the best way for me to overcome my fears and battle through the anxiety, I had to expose myself to the things...