Comments on: Social Anxiety and Self-Esteem http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/ An Exploration into Social Anxiety Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:14:32 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Gus http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/comment-page-1/#comment-1112 Gus Thu, 19 Oct 2006 02:11:58 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/#comment-1112 Aaron, Ryan, I have been in therapy for almost a year now, we are working on the origins of my SA, trying to find out where it comes from. We did work on the symptoms for a while, things like how I was dealing with my SA everyday and how I felt. Now me and my therapist are more focused on where does it comes from, what originated it. I have found very interesting things related to the way my mother raised me and the type of relationship we stablished, I have been able to relate my SA with my childhood, what I noticed is that what I feel now is what I felt as a child, I was not able to construct a positive relationship with others in my childhood because of the agressive relationship with my mother, I learned through her that people were agressive and that they could harm me, that was the message I got from her... so all of that is in my blog, if you guys want to check it, I was just wondering what was your child story like ? What happend there, do you find any common facts? Aaron, Ryan, I have been in therapy for almost a year now, we are working on the origins of my SA, trying to find out where it comes from. We did work on the symptoms for a while, things like how I was dealing with my SA everyday and how I felt. Now me and my therapist are more focused on where does it comes from, what originated it. I have found very interesting things related to the way my mother raised me and the type of relationship we stablished, I have been able to relate my SA with my childhood, what I noticed is that what I feel now is what I felt as a child, I was not able to construct a positive relationship with others in my childhood because of the agressive relationship with my mother, I learned through her that people were agressive and that they could harm me, that was the message I got from her… so all of that is in my blog, if you guys want to check it, I was just wondering what was your child story like ? What happend there, do you find any common facts?

]]> By: Ryan Oelke http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/comment-page-1/#comment-1095 Ryan Oelke Mon, 16 Oct 2006 23:37:35 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/#comment-1095 hmmm, tough question. seems like a "chicken and egg" question, but valid nonetheless. I haven't seen much solid research on the roots of social anxiety, only general possibilities. As for me, I've spent my whole life experiencing it - so far as I can remember - so I have no clue:) But the two do seem to be independent for me, although completely intertwined. I notice that my self-confidence and self-esteem in general can increase tremendously, regardless of social anxiety. But social anxiety and self-esteem influence each other. SA can lower my self-esteem and if I'm experiencing lower self-esteem I can be more anxious. hmmm, tough question. seems like a “chicken and egg” question, but valid nonetheless. I haven’t seen much solid research on the roots of social anxiety, only general possibilities. As for me, I’ve spent my whole life experiencing it – so far as I can remember – so I have no clue:) But the two do seem to be independent for me, although completely intertwined. I notice that my self-confidence and self-esteem in general can increase tremendously, regardless of social anxiety. But social anxiety and self-esteem influence each other. SA can lower my self-esteem and if I’m experiencing lower self-esteem I can be more anxious.

]]> By: Aaron http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/comment-page-1/#comment-1094 Aaron Sun, 15 Oct 2006 16:53:48 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/#comment-1094 Thanks for the link and info. I'll be checking the blog out. It's a topic well worth exploring. Thanks for the link and info. I’ll be checking the blog out. It’s a topic well worth exploring.

]]> By: Gus http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/comment-page-1/#comment-1093 Gus Fri, 13 Oct 2006 05:27:58 +0000 http://www.anxiousliving.com/2006/10/11/social-anxiet-low-self-esteem/#comment-1093 Hi Aaron, interesting post, maybe you can check my blog, I posted some of the facts I have found about my social anxiety symptoms when I was a child. I am wondering if you find similar things in your life? It would be interesting to know several cases of people with social anxiety during their childhood, would we find similar facts? This is my blog: http://socialanxietyblog.blogspot.com/ Hi Aaron, interesting post, maybe you can check my blog, I posted some of the facts I have found about my social anxiety symptoms when I was a child.

I am wondering if you find similar things in your life? It would be interesting to know several cases of people with social anxiety during their childhood, would we find similar facts?

This is my blog:

http://socialanxietyblog.blogspot.com/

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