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January 30, 2006
A Collection of Links
http://www.awarenessequalspower.com/safeplace/mydress.html
"My Gossamer Dress" is beautiful essay on social anxiety. I don't relate to a lot of this myself, but I still really like the piece.
http://www.socialanxietyassist.com.au
A link that was emailed to me which has a lot of good information it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/15/magazine/15japanese.html
An article in the New York Times about hikikomori "which translates as 'withdrawal' and refers to a person sequestered in his room for six months or longer with no social life beyond his home."
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/33/1728_81073.htm
Information on essential tremors. Since my hands can shake even when I'm not anxious, I feel like I have a slight version of this which I magnify when I focus on it. "Social phobia, or fear of public situations, affects up to one-third of patients with essential tremor."
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/20/1728_51228.htm
Another interesting WebMD article which says "Focusing on improving interpersonal relationships, such as those with relatives and friends, could improve symptoms of social phobia, according to early results from a small study published in the November issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry."
Posted by successfullyshy at January 30, 2006 11:08 PM