Hearty Conversations is really simple.
I post a question for all of us daily warriors to think about, and you can answer through a comment. You can also leave a link of your blog post related to the question.
I encourage you to comment on others’ answers if you feel like it, and possibly gain a new blogger friend.
“The best conversations are the ones where you don’t have to worry about what you say, you can just be you.”
Social anxiety is the fear of interaction with other people that brings on self-consciousness, feelings of being negatively judged and evaluated, and, as a result, leads to avoidance. (Source)
Do you have personal experiences with social anxiety? Do you know someone who has it? How can people in society help those with social anxiety? How can you help yourself?
Let’s talk. 🙂
Stay Strong, Daily Warrior! 
You just have to try to be at ease, take deep breaths and think the other person is also like you, no more no less. Think positive of yourself. Try to initiate a good conversation and after getting a positive response from the other side, you start feeling comfortable. At first, you have to act just like you act on stage then gradually things turn out in your favour and you start feeling good in the end 🙂
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Living in the moment and breathing deeply with moving step by step is a way I deal with it a lot of times.
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Sometimes I try to plan in my head how the conversation should go on while IN the actual. Though it makes me a bit slow to respond, it sure gives me confidence. I put more effort on the nonverbals especially my facial expressions. Here in Southeast Asia, we smile in every conversation, be it something about a relative dying or getting reprimanded privately. It’s somewhat a sign of warm respect or acknowledgment. More importantly, smiling has this relaxing effect. It gives me more than just the ease. So there. Smiling. 🙂
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It’s kind of unusual to smile during trials, but I think we are known for our resilience. I also play some conversations in my mind before talking to someone. I can only talk freely with those I feel secure with.
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Filipinos (and generally the Malays) have this interesting cultural communication and I think it helps us to adjust in situations though outside the region it is deemed disrespectful. Of course you get to do that only with the ones you know or with some familiar strangers.
But with anyone who has the usual social anxiety, it means a lot. When a familiar stranger smiles at me, I get anxious to say ‘hi!’ and it’s a positive thing. It melts every (negative) thoughts in my head.
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This is a great question. Finding examples of other people who have overcome their social anxiety helped me find the strength to begin my current challenge/blog to improve myself. There are a lot of these people on youtube.
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Hi Tony. Thanks for your feedback. Can you recommend any Youtube channel that deals with this?
Btw. I really like the idea behind your blog. I think it’s very inspirational to others who struggle with the same issue. I’m looking forward to more posts from you. 🙂
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Hey Liz, certainly. Aaron Doughty has a number of excellent videos about his experience overcoming anxiety. Thanks for your kind feedback!
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Well I just started improv classes that are designed for people with social anxiety.It helps confront one’s fear is a safe environment and it helps release some of the stress caused by anxiety.After being forced to improvise and do exercises that make you feel silly, you realize being embarrassed is actually not the end of the world, and you start to relax in your everyday life.I’d recommend that to everyone.it won’t cure your anxiety but it wil, help you deal with it a lot better!
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That does sound like a great exercise.. Thanks for sharing that with us. ❤
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I try to cope by doing little things each day that are out of my comfort zone. Like today, going into town and doing some shopping, then going into a coffee shop and sitting there having a coffee, eventhough i wasn’t actively talking to anyone I still had people around me. When I got home I felt a bit more at ease than I did in the morning and am willing to do the same tomorrow because I felt that it was not as bad as I had thought it would be…
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That’s great. I’m glad that you’re taking it one step at a time. Sometimes, we need to be patient with ourselves. Gradually, you might feel more comfortable doing things you didn’t think were possible. I hope tomorrow goes well for you too…
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