How do you make someone feel comfortable with anxiety?
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How do you make someone feel comfortable with anxiety?
There are a number of steps that you can take to encourage someone with SAD to talk more and participate in the conversation.
- Share Things About Yourself First.
- Be Patient.
- Hone In on Interests.
- Watch Your Body Language.
- Avoid Personal Questions.
- Don’t Interrupt Their Train of Thought.
- Suggest an Activity.
An estimated 7.1\% of U.S. adults had social anxiety disorder in the past year. Past year prevalence of social anxiety disorder among adults was higher for females (8.0\%) than for males (6.1\%)….Figure 1.
| Demographic | Percent | |
|---|---|---|
| Age | 18-29 | 9.1 |
| 30-44 | 8.7 | |
| 45-59 | 6.8 | |
| 60+ | 3.1 |
Can medication help with social anxiety?
Both medication and therapy have been shown effective in treating social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety that occurs in all situations responds best to a combination of medication and therapy, while therapy alone is often sufficient for people with anxiety specific to one type of performance or social situation.
How do you talk to someone with anxiety?
The “dos” of helping someone with anxiety
- DO get a good understanding of their anxiety symptoms.
- DO let them know you’re here for them.
- DO listen to how they want to be supported.
- DO keep lines of communication open.
- DO look after yourself.
- DON’T constantly talk about their anxiety.
- DON’T enable their anxieties.
How do I stop talking to someone with anxiety?
Instead, make them feel safe, distract them from their worries, and keep them in the present. You should never tell someone with anxiety to stop feeling worried or that they are irrational. Avoid calling someone with anxiety “crazy” or “insane” or that they’re simple an “anxious person.”
Is it normal to have social anxiety when it’s quiet?
The pressure and worries of social anxiety can me magnified when it’s quiet. No one is “abnormal,” “wrong,” or “bad” for being uncomfortable among people when it’s silent. It’s simply part of anxiety. This means, happily, that it not part of you or who you are as a person.
Are you anxious in an uncomfortable silence?
Being anxious in an uncomfortable silence is common in social anxiety, but it doesn’t have to forever plague us. Social anxiety disorder creates an unquiet mind. The hallmark of social anxiety is an often intense fear of being judged.
Rather than stopping at social anxiety, boldly brush past it. When you begin to over-analyze and inwardly agonize over every conversation, every look, every action, and every gesture, keep going, keep over-analyzing. Rather than stopping with the “what-ifs” and the negative self-talk, continue your thoughts.
Do you feel anxious in a quiet zone?
When a room full of people suddenly becomes quiet, it can be unnerving and make anxiety spike. However, when you silence your mind, you just might find that you are no longer anxious in a quiet zone or uncomfortable with silence. You can also connect with Tanya J. Peterson on her website, Google+, Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and Pinterest.