MY SOLUTION DID NOT LIE IN THE WORDS "SOCIAL ANXIETY"...

The fact of the matter is that I found my solution to social anxiety... by NOT talking about social anxiety at all...

After my terrible experiences with psychologists... I REFUSED to say the words "social anxiety" to anyone...

I refused to be pathologized...

I refused to obsess over my symptoms...

I refused to think about this one problem I could NOT control... .

My solution 5 years later in Hungary involved focusing on everything else:

1. HONESTY... I focused on being as honest as I could possibly be... talking about what I really feel... who I really am... what really matters to me...

2. LOVE... I focused on getting out of my head... loving other people... and feeling positive emotions about life...

3. ACCEPTANCE... I focused on accepting anxiety symptoms and giving them the "So what?" attention they truly deserved... .

The answer did NOT lie in focusing on the symptoms... obsessing about the symptoms... analysing the symptoms... or labeling the symptoms as something called "social anxiety"....

The answer lied in freeing myself from the SHAME that had caused it... and by embracing the positive virtues of HONESTY, LOVE, and ACCEPTANCE...

THIS was the formula that set me free...

This formula might help you as well.

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Let me know if you'd like me to help you implement it.

To your Happy Connected Life...

Marni Penner Anxiety Coach, Connection Coach, Happiness Coach