I've had social anxiety since I was a little girl. Now as a woman in her 30's, I have a fraction of the communication skills that people my age have.
What can I do to catch up?
Communication, like any skill...like any art, is perfected over time through repetition and practice. I did not get years of practice and I am horrible at it.
If I overcome my anxieties, how will I ever be a great communicator?
i still have social anxiety and a lot of it. i limit it by only socializing when i want to and am not compelled by others to. i also go into conversational situation armed with basic question and am constantly formulating and looking for follow up questions while another speaks. and i go to the bathrooms several times for mental health breaks:)
ReplyDeleteThis is great advice. My therapist told me to try to have some lines ready to go for questions that are common.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting this blog, Emmanuael. Visit often. There's a lot of info going back to 2006!!
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