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mel said:
don’t force yourself to do anything you don’t want to.
# 18 June 2010 at 9:15 pm

Sevilla said:
well I have flight anxiety and I was told to face my fear and fly more. It only got worse every single time untill I finally had a panic attack on the plane in during flight. I don’t necessarily think anxiety weakens its grip when you face your fears all the time.
# 20 June 2010 at 12:28 am

The_Comanch3 said:
Do you mean you’re shy? if so, don’t do it, if you force yourself past shyness, it just comes off creepy.
Forcing yourself past shyness will make you not yourself….
and also, would you rather have people think you’re shy, or boring?
# 20 June 2010 at 9:27 am

matthew33 said:
Why force yourself to be social? You are who you are? Thats like forcing someone social to become anti social.
Focus on the good things you have. Everyone is unique.
If you’re shy and don’t want to talk…..so what?
So be it.
Be yourself. Life is too short not to enjoy who you are. You are a GREAT person!
# 22 June 2010 at 12:30 pm

jimbotopper said:
Next time, if you are old enough, drink a little before the social event. Don’t get wasted or anything, but a little alcohol will loosen you up. Don’t drink and drive.
# 24 June 2010 at 4:19 am

Nichele M said:
probably so because if you are afraid to talk maybe to force the situation could help you mentally and emotionally that’s just my opinion.
# 26 June 2010 at 12:34 am

sirius396 said:
I think so just try not to think about it and what people say i guess
# 29 June 2010 at 11:12 am

jihnken said:
You need to slowly expose yourself to thing that cause the anxiety and slowly the anxiety will loosen its grip on you. Or at least that is what is suppose to happen. My advice is keep going out and it will eventally get easier. Good luck.
# 1 July 2010 at 5:14 am

[K]aho[21] said:
Ook if i can understand what you’re trying to say… no matter how many times you may hear this but all you need to is take a deep breath and be CONFIDENT AND AGGRESIVE. and i don’t mean agressive as in like… fighting or cussing, just be aggressive in what you’re doing… pretty much just be confident in yourself, and don’t let FEAR control you… YOU control the FEAR.
# 3 July 2010 at 3:07 am

misty19492000 said:
It won’t make any difference. People are born with their personality traits and it can’t be “conditioned” out of you. Find what makes you happy and don’t worry about conforming to what others think you should be.
# 5 July 2010 at 9:52 am

LORI said:
I think the key is to learn how to relax in those situations, then the anxiety goes away. Not sure how to explain it, but if I can make myself not anxious and relax doing some specific thing, then each time I do it again the anxiety goes away a bit by itself. Just being more social doesn’t help, in fact in my case I think it makes it worse.
I guess it is more about learning how to get rid of the anxiety while you’re facing the fear, not just facing the fear. Not sure if that makes sense, sorry.
# 8 July 2010 at 11:32 am

Leroy S said:
if you feel a need to socialize do it. I have the same thing i could spend the rest of my life on an island by myself and be happy.long as i has supplies.ans my dog.I try to go out ans be sociel every once in awhile but i dont like it much.My freinds dont understand my anxiety.I think it helps loosen the grip temporarly.
# 9 July 2010 at 1:44 pm

Windig W said:
yes , I think it can make you better , fears stay until you face it , but you should be relax also. And check this out.
# 12 July 2010 at 1:08 am

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