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Hey guys, I've been battling social anxiety for the best part of 2 years now, and this week I've realised I'm at the stage where I can say I'm 'cured.' If you want to read about the techniques that I've used, please go to my blog (link below) and read the latest one entitled 'cured!' - It's all...

Hey guys, My latest CBT homework from my therapist is to find out how other people feel about confrontation and what symptoms they get. For me, it's tight chest, heart pounding, struggle to breathe, lips trembling, shakey hands, struggle to talk. I've made a lot of progress - this used to be...

Hey guys, I thought I'd inject a little positivity into the forum on this foggy sunday morning with a little success from this week. On monday, I woke up feeling great. Had a nice confident teaching day. Then, had a parents meeting with a parent I see all the time, and anxiety struck. I felt...

Hey guys, For around about a month now I've been feeling very spaced out, very distant from myself, like I'm above myself looking down. I'm finding it increasingly hard to think happy thoughts, because I'm struggling to think at all. Been back in school for huge training event today and quite...

I have to share my euphoria with people that understand my situation... Today, I held my first assembly. Yes, I stood at the front of the room and looked down at hundreds of little faces below me, and plenty of teachers and teaching assistants along the sides of the room. I looked at them...

Not to preach on (as I'm about to do yet again), but I've tried this great technique which is really simple - it really really helps if you've got an event that yoy're really stressing about, or something that you're putting off but you know eventually you'll have to do. Honestly, it works. I...

Over my summer hols, I listened to Tony Robbins - yes, I overloaded on american self-help. Some useful, some already forgotten. But...the one thing that I've really kept up is a weekly goals list. I get so busy with my school todo list that I forget what's really important. So now, every sunday...

Hey guys, I'm a teacher with SA. I've been working on alsorts over the summer holidays and felt really positive. I've made loads of progress but now I'm really in the thick of it and I've had a bit of a down this week: could do with some advice... I gave out a whole class detention this week -...

Hey guys... Had a night of awful insomnia last night. If anyone has advice about how to just shut your brain off, I'd be really appreciative. I've slept like a baby throught the summer holidays, and now I'm about to back at school, things are chaotic again. I've been so positive about SA...

Hey guys, I've never ever spoken honestly about my social anxiety, but I started a blog yesterday and have suddenly this morning decided to be honest and open about my situation. I'm about to start my first full school year as a teacher. Excited but anxious. I've done lots and lots of work in...