How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety

by Ellen Hendriksen

Anxiety is rooted in uncertainty,

In academia there’s a saying: “research is me-search.”

Social anxiety isn’t just fear of judgment; it’s fear the judgers are right. We think there is something wrong with us, and we avoid in order to conceal it. In our minds, if The Reveal comes to pass we’ll be rejected, humiliated, or exposed.

introversion is born, while social anxiety is made.

with introversion, solitude makes you feel good. But with social anxiety, it just makes you less anxious.

Contrary to common sense, limitations get things moving.