Social Anxiety Self Modification

Self-modification: Social Anxiety Intervention
Communication is a huge part of our daily lives. Finishing high school, I decided to move away from home to start college. I wanted to experience another city and meet new people, only to realize that meeting new people was not my strongest suit. I've always identified myself as an introvert so for the longest I would use that as accuse to explain why I was a loner. After researching a few things, I learned that I was suffering from social anxiety. The main problem I was having was difficulty communicating with others. Suffering from social anxiety I was afraid to go places alone, my self-confidence was extremely low and I was always known as the "quiet girl". On top of all that, I would come off as being rude because I was fearful of holding a conversation with someone new so I'd just sit and stare if my friends were having a conversation with someone new. Therefore, it was only right to do my self-modification intervention on social Anxiety focusing more on communicating with new people.
Designing my self-modification intervention, I decided to start with the end in mind. Many …show more content…
I have dealt with social anxiety all my life and never in a million years did I think that just getting out and actually facing my fears, would help me conquer them. Ehmke stated that “practicing the things that make you nervous, is actually expanding your ability to handle them”. For the most part this intervention was very helpful, but I wish I would have incorporated something to calm my nerves like yoga every morning. My self-confidence is higher because along the way I discovered that I had to turn my negative self-thoughts into positive self-thoughts. My end goal was for me to be able to courageously communicate affectively, being competent and clear with anyone outside of my family and close friends, and for the most part I think I accomplished