This helped me with social confidence
This helped me with social confidence. I have tried a lot of things. EFT tapping. CBT. Meditation. Journaling. Etc. They all helped a little bit. But not permanently. I would spiral back to social anxiety until I realized. There was this key part missing: SELF RESPECT. If you asked me if I respected myself I would have said: "Yeah, sure." And I meant it. Because... I thought I respected myself. But I discovered that this was not true When I found out that if I shrank around people that I perceived as superior... Had more money Were better looking Taller... Were confident... Louder... More successful... Whatever... If I felt smaller around those people was because I did not respect myself. That is when I figured that All I had to do was Develop self respect. So much that when I am around anyone (taller, good looking, smart, stronger) I would still behave the same - just being me. To respect myself so much that When I screwed up, fall, stumble, say the wrong thing... I would be ok, and not stress about it. Because I would still respect myself. This is what I have been working on. This is what has helped me beat social anxiety and get socially confident to a point where I can: - start conversations with anyone - look forward to seeing people - volunteer to be the one to go out to the store - make new friends - engage in long conversations without overthinking or feeling anxiety rising and excusing myself out of the conversation (gotta go to the bathroom) - speak in public - and be able to enjoy life feeling free That is what I wanted to share. I hope it helps you too. Build self respect.