Social & Performance Anxiety

Anxiety is fear. Social anxiety is fear which is based on performance and inter-active dynamics. This fear is comprised of emotional, behavioral, physiological, and thinking processes. Social anxiety is very specific. It differs from generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, and obsessive compulsive disorder, although these characteristics often are present. Social and performance anxiety is the anxiety disorder of the millennium, given the reality that we live in a very fast paced, technological, and highly competitive society. Anxiety is a fact of life. The only person that does not have anxiety is a dead person. It's okay to have anxiety. It's not okay to have anxiety control you!

Many millions of individuals suffer from some form of social anxiety. In fact, it's estimated that one out of every eight people experiences some degree of social anxiety. Social anxiety is a problem characterized by the emotions of shame, humiliation and embarrassment. It is a disease of resistance. The result is that there are very few structured therapeutic programs available, given that most people who suffer from it are too embarrassed to even seek help.

Social anxiety affects people of all ages. It affects people from all cultures. There are many different manifestations of social anxiety, and the problem usually worsens with time. Social anxiety can be very specific - as in fear of public speaking or avoidance of restaurants. On the other hand, it can be pervasive and rule a person's entire life. Social and performance anxiety affects people at all functioning levels - high achievers as well as the “emotionally challenged”.

Your Options

1. Free Introductory CD
2. The book, "Beyond Shyness: How to Conquer Social Anxieties" (Simon & Schuster)
3. Comprehensive self-therapy audio CD program for social and performance anxiety
4. Public Speaking Anxiety: Self Therapy Audio CD Program
5. Therapy in Great Neck, New York
6. Telephone therapy
7. Selective Mutism Seminar on Audio CD
8. "Parenting The Selectively Mute Child": Self-therapy Audio CD Program
9. "Social Therapy and the Learning Disabled: A seminar on Audio CD
10. Free social-ability questionnaire
11. Free "Parent Addiction" quiz
12. Subscribe to the Tip of the Month Club

There are many free self diagnostic options at www.social-anxiety.com