In a new study of the mind-gut connection, eating fermented foods, which contain probiotics, were associated with reduced symptoms of social anxiety for student participants. Giving new meaning to the old cliché of "you are what you eat," the research team says this is the first in a series of ...
Date Posted: July 12, 2015
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Anxiety has a strange effect on this critical social ability, study finds. Anxiety interferes with the ability to take other people’s perspective, new research reveals. Anxiety makes people focus more on themselves and reduces their empathy for ...
Jul 8
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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For many shy people, online social networking sites have an obvious appeal – a way to socialise without the unpredictable immediacy of a face-to-face encounter. However, a new study finds that people who are socially anxious betray their ...
Jul 8
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Drugs commonly prescribed for social anxiety could be making the problem worse. Social anxiety disorder is linked to higher levels of serotonin in the brain, not lower as previously thought. People with both social anxiety actually produce more of ...
Jun 22
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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There are bound to be times when you feel anxious in situations, regardless of your usual confidence level. When we feel anxiety or stress, we develop our own way to cope with it by engaging in various techniques like imagining the audience are ...
May 23
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Frustrated and anxious when your phone is out of battery or you can’t seem to find your phone anywhere. This is known as nomophobia, in other words “no mobile phone phobia”.
May 9
Categories: Anxiety, Panic issues, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Using clever camera angles, virtual goggles and physical caresses, a team of researchers was able to make people feel as if they had an invisible body. Furthermore, feeling invisible reduced the anxiety brought on by standing in front of an ...
Apr 29
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Strangers sharing intimate autobiographical details. Will you?
How did they manage to willingly share? New research suggests that laughter causes one to disclose more about themselves.
Apr 11
Categories: Relationships & Marriage, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Some people thrive on "alone time," and seem perfectly happy flying solo at the movies, restaurants and on vacation when the rest of the world couldn't imagine doing these things without a partner, spouse or friends.
But new research finds that ...
Mar 25
Categories: Aging & Geriatric Issues, Social Anxiety / Phobia, Social ...
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Mice genetically deficient in serotonin -- a crucial brain chemical implicated in clinical depression -- are more vulnerable than their normal littermates to social stressors, according to a Duke study appearing this week in the Proceedings of the ...
Feb 11
Categories: Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Getting professional help for dealing with your persistent fears and anxieties is the single most important step in your recovery.
Aug 26
Categories: Anxiety, Fear, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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It's become a truism that humans are "social animals". And yet, you've probably noticed - people on public transport or in waiting rooms seem to do everything they can not to interact. On the London tube there's an unwritten rule not to even look at ...
Aug 16
Categories: Happiness, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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Nearly a year after the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings, hospital staff, first responders and medical volunteers who cared for the injured and dying were still struggling to put the experience behind them.
Aug 12
Categories: Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions, Anxiety, Caregiver Issues / ...
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A new study led by Professor Panos Vostanis has examined adolescent victims of conflict in the Gaza strip and has found that exposure to war-torn environments has a lasting and damaging effect on their psychological wellbeing.
Aug 7
Categories: Anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Trauma / Complex ...
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In treating social anxiety - discomfort or fear in social situations, often of being judged - both relaxation techniques and exercise have been found beneficial.
Aug 5
Categories: Anxiety, Relaxation techniques, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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New research by clinical psychologists from the UK and US has revealed psychogenic seizures which could be mistaken for epilepsy are linked to feelings of anxiety.
Aug 4
Categories: Anxiety, Social Anxiety / Phobia
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