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...