Social Anxiety Disorder

The purpose of this site is not to increase or maintain your struggling and suffering. The reason that you are here is to find support for your social anxiety disorder or other anxiety disorder and learn how to live your life with more happiness and freedom. The road to recovery from social anxiety disorder and any anxiety disorder takes time and a ton of hard work, but you can and will attain a new sense of inner peace if you are willing to committ to getting better.

The Anxiety Support Network is here to help you along the way. With the guidance you receive, you will learn how to handle different situations that used to be baffling. With the anxiety support that you recieve, you will have the courage to face those situations, and a safe place to return to when you are feeling down. The final goal the Anxiety Support Network will help you to achieve is one of freedom and autonomy. You will be in charge of your life and all of your thoughts and decisions, and you will be able to successfully manage your social anxiety disorder and any other anxiety disorder. You will learn to be mature and handle situations in the way you see best and live with the outcomes of the decisions you make. In essence, the goal of the Anxiety Support Network is to work itself out of operation; the more people who are able to function independently, the better off the world is.

While this site was designed with a focus on social anxiety disorder, it nonetheless offers support and advice for addressing any anxiety disorder.

The main paradigms of this site include:

• Living Independently Learn to take command of your life and make your own decisions.
• Fearlessness Learn how to be completely fearless in your approach to anxiety.
• Action The only way to get better is by taking action.
• Gentleness Learn how to be gentle to yourself to promote your own emotional health.
• Support Everyone is supportive of one another.
• Empowerment Learn how to make good decisions with your newly-acquired knowledge.
• Spirituality Learn how God helps you to work towards your greater good.

The areas of your life that will improve include:

• Mental Wellness The extreme worry you used to experience will disappear.
• Friendship Learn how to make friends that are kind and supportive.
• Romantic Relationships Learn how to find and form a healthy romantic relationship.
• Career Find a fulfilling career that suits your personality.
• Health You will notice that your health may improve because of reduced anxiety.
• Respect People will notice the changes in you and give you respect.

Where to Start

This site contains 100 articles with regular updates made, a blog updated several times per week, and a forum where other users and I are available to help you with your questions. This site will also feature podcasts in the coming months. You can start anywhere you would like because anything that you find will add some value to your life. If you like what you are reading, be sure also to bookmark this page and check back for regular updates!

1. Where to start An awesome spot to start on this site is with the article The Anxiety Bible. This article is an excellent beginner's guide to recovering from social anxiety disorder and serves well as the groundwork that you might use to begin anxiety recovery. Fitting with the theme of the site in pushing people towards action as a means of recovery, the article shows you exactly what actions you can begin taking today in order to start getting better.
   
   
2. Anxiety Support Network Articles Browse our free articles that cover everything from A-Z regarding anxiety. Here you can learn about every last minutia regarding social anxiety disorder and other anxiety disorders, including some provocative articles that challenge you to think outside your comfort zone. Or, subscribe to the RSS Feed to receive notification when updates are made.
   
   
3. Daily Journal Here you can see how I struggle past my social anxiety disorder each and every day in my daily journal. Although I am far along in the path of social anxiety recovery, I am also far from perfect. The daily journal shows just how far from perfect I am and how I solve problems related to social anxiety disorder. My hope is that my struggles will help to inspire others to recover from anxiety and to find their own solutions.
   
   
4. Most Popular Here I will have the most popular articles according to those visited by users of this website.
   
   
5. The Anxiety Support Network Forum At the anxiety forum you can ask questions and receive step-by-step guidance on how to resolve each and every step of social anxiety disorder completely FREE! Other experienced users and I monitor the forum like hawks, and we are ready and happy to help. The service you receive here is second to none. This may sound like a canned line you hear at so many companies these days, but at Anxiety Support Network, we really mean it!
   
   
6. The FREE Anxiety Support Network Newsletter Receive free information regarding social anxiety disorder in the bi-monthly newsletter. Only anxiety recovery materials of the highest quality will be sent to you! If you like the article, blog, forum, and podcasts on this website, you'll love the newsletter!
   
   
7. Anxiety Support Network Podcasts Coming soon, in about a month or so from the date of this writing (12/5/2009), will be the first Anxiety Support Network podcast. Right now, they will be monologues where I discuss anxiety recovery topics from A-Z.
   
   



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