Dr Emily - Social Anxiety, They’ve Got It Too

About this episode

<p>&ldquo;Get your butterflies in formation&rdquo;. If you take one thing away from this episode, it&rsquo;s how to handle the nervous, anxious, flutter of stomach butterflies that arises when we&rsquo;re socially anxious.</p> <p>Social interactions can be challenging. You may believe that everyone else has all their shit figured out and can effortlessly walk into a social situation and just be themselves. But it turns out, we all, at some point, get social anxiety.</p> <p>In this episode, our resident psychologist Dr Emily, delves deeper into what it means to experience social anxiety, before during &amp; after a social situation. She explores the ways in which anxiety shows up, where it might come from and what we can do to &ldquo;get our butterflies in formation&rdquo;.</p> <p>To watch this full episode on YouTube, follow this link: <a href="https://youtu.be/I53wE7epCX0" data-stringify-link="https://youtu.be/I53wE7epCX0" data-sk="tooltip_parent">https://youtu.be/I53wE7epCX0</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>To listen to Dr Emily's episode on The Inner Critic, follow this link: <a href="https://apple.co/3XaFdw9">https://apple.co/3XaFdw9</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>To listen to Dr Emily's episode on Rejection Sensitivity, follow this link: <a href="https://apple.co/4i1qixZ">https://apple.co/4i1qixZ</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>To purchase The Resilience Project's gratitude &amp; wellbeing journals, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3RUBke7">https://bit.ly/3RUBke7</a></p> <p>To learn more about the four domains of social anxiety &amp; read David Moscovitch's work, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/43fDuIy">https://bit.ly/43fDuIy</a></p> <p>To learn more about The Spotlight Effect &amp; see research Dr Em sited by Thomas Gilovich and Victoria Husted Medvec, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/4cd4Rr0">https://bit.ly/4cd4Rr0</a></p> <p>For book recommendation, How To be Yourself, by Ellen Hendriksen and to learn more about her free online course 'Rise Above Social Anxiety', follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3TAol1o">https://bit.ly/3TAol1o</a></p> <p>To dive deeper into Lisa Feldman Barret's work, including the research on reframing anxiety as arousal, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/3VhjuTV">https://bit.ly/3VhjuTV</a></p> <p>To learn more about Safety Behaviours and their role in social anxiety, follow these links: <a href="https://bit.ly/3wTqBIp">https://bit.ly/3wTqBIp</a> &amp; <a href="https://bit.ly/43hfp4a">https://bit.ly/43hfp4a</a> &amp; <a href="https://bit.ly/3vhjR6o">https://bit.ly/3vhjR6o</a><br><br>To participate in a free Cognitive Behavioural Therapy study run by The Black Dog Institute &amp; UNSW, aimed at reducing social anxiety, follow this link: <a href="https://bit.ly/49cvV6M">https://bit.ly/49cvV6M</a></p> <p><em data-stringify-type="italic">The Imperfects is not a licensed mental health service and is not a substitute for professional mental health advice, treatment or assessment. The advice given in this episode is general in nature, but if you&rsquo;re struggling, please see a healthcare professional, or call lifeline on 13 11 14.</em></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>