2 easy ways to overcome social anxiety

2 easy ways to overcome social anxiety2 easy ways to overcome social anxietyThere are two ways which you can use simultaneously. I utilized both of them and, frankly, I have a hard time to decide which one was easier.1. Work on Your SocialSkillsEven the most socially anxious person can do tiny things that dont require two-way interactions with other people. When I decided to transform my life I tried to overcome my shyness via talking to strangers.Follow Ladders on FlipboardFollow Ladders magazines on Flipboard covering Happiness, Productivity, Job Satisfaction, Neuroscience, and moreAt the beginning, I fell flat on my face, but it taught me what a really shy personCANdo despite their affliction. You have no power over others reactions, but you have power over your mind, words and deeds. Especially those miniscule and easy ones.Observe others, think positively about them, make eye contact, smile or say Hi. If this is still too much for you, you can do this inside your own mind when n o one notices your awkwardness.Here are the details, broken down into actionable steps on Coach. Me Free plan Overcome shyness by talking to strangers2. Spend Time with People Who Are Socially ProficientYou cannot help but become a bit like them. We call it rubbing off a behavior or trait from someone, but in reality its social mimicry we humans have in our genes. This is how children are learning everything. They observe and mimic.This is how you learned to live your life. This process is as natural for you as breathing. Its enough that you will be around people who are friendly and outgoing to become more like them.Its not magic. You will not turn into Casanova tomorrow because you stand for five minutes next to a guy who has no trouble speaking with girls. But you may turn into Casanova if you repeat it tomorrow, and the day after, and for two years in a row every single day.Additional level of easiness you can do it online. When it comes to mimicking, your brain is not very disc erning. Whether you are among real people or watch and listen to recordings, your brain can quickly adopt social avatars of people into your internal tribe and consider them real people.So watch videos, listen to podcasts, join an online group that tackles social anxiety and interact with others who experienced something similar to your pain.This method may fail if you stoponly at online interactionsand lie to yourself that its enough to sit in front of your computer and stare at the screen to get rid of your anxiety. But if you mingle online interactions with tiny activities from 1 point, it may create a killer combo-verstrker for you.Those two things should affect your mindset enough for a start. And once you begin the process of change, it will be much easier to continue it.This article first appeared on Medium.You might also enjoyNew neuroscience reveals 4 rituals that will make you happyStrangers know your social class in the first seven words you say, study finds10 lessons fro m Benjamin Franklins daily schedule that will double your productivityThe worst mistakes you can make in an interview, according to 12 CEOs10 habits of mentally strong people