| type="text/javascript"> ch_client = "articlealley"; | | | | had bought. She either "sees" herself in her mind's |
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| 250; ch_non_contextual = 4; ch_noborders = 1; | | | | ugly. She can imagine her friend's reactions to her |
| ch_vertical ="premium"; ch_sid = "590x250 Article | | | | walking in the partyâif she mainly |
| Mixed Top"; var ch_queries = new Array( ); var | | | | imagines them as negative, her level of stress will |
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| ch_query = ch_queries[ch_selected]; } | | | | social anxiety attack when she goes to the |
| There have always been many self-help methods | | | | partyâor at least she will be painfully shy |
| available for people seeking to overcome their | | | | and withdrawn for fear of eliciting the reactions |
| shyness and social anxiety. But visualization | | | | that she repeatedly imagined. |
| remains as one of the most effective, and most | | | | If such a teen is trained to use the art of |
| widely tried, method among therapists and lay | | | | visualization, she could drastically improve her |
| people alike. | | | | social performance and reduce her shyness and |
| Visualization has long been recognized as one of | | | | social anxiety. Instead of imaging negative |
| the best stress reduction methods. Stress | | | | situations, she should be trained to turn them -in |
| reduction is strongly linked to anxiety reduction; | | | | her mindâinto positive ones. She could, |
| this concept can be extended to social anxiety | | | | for example, be taught to visualize success in this |
| and shyness. The way this works is by | | | | particular social situation in vivid details: she walks |
| recognizing that social anxiety is created by the | | | | in, looking her best, and greets everyone with a |
| stress reaction the shy person experiences as a | | | | confident smile. She compliments her friends, and |
| result of his mental processes and the set of | | | | moves gracefully to the dance floor where she |
| mental images that they have day in and day out. | | | | starts dancing and trying out the new dance |
| Consider this scenario: a teenager getting ready | | | | moves that she had earlier been practicing, |
| for a party imagines herself in the dress that she | | | | whether she has been asked to dance or not. |