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My Tearful Struggle with Crippling Social Anxiety and Shyness

1,272 views · Published 29 January 2018 · 8:48 · Indexed 24 October 2026

Channel: MyNonLeatherLife · 2018 · Entertainment

Dr Burns gave me the h/w assignment to stop hiding my struggle with social anxiety and shyness like it was a bad thing. He told me to admit to people that I struggled with it and thought it was shameful and hid it from others. A shame attacking exercise called "self disclosure". 

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Social anxiety has caused me tons of problems in my life. I rarely make friends when others do. I feel extremely nervous to connect with friends I already have at times. I even feel nervous hanging out one on one with my own family at times. And yet I bet they don't even realize that. I hide it. Completely. And so I still feel super ashamed about it like it is some deep dark secret burning a hole in my closet. 

I have to stop hiding all these things about myself like they are shameful secrets, and accept who I am. 

Link to the fb live of Dr. Burns where I asked the question at 46 minutes in. 

https://www.facebook.com/DavidBurnsMD/?hc_ref=ARQHbPx2f5M4HAvjQOyvxIGPos5zDzRA745m4ahNqfXl-aj6D5gcscRlRcFYt5_RtSQ

My Tearful Struggle with Crippling Social Anxiety and Shyness

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