It is expected of me as a person with severe social anxiety to visit a specialist or psychologist every now and then and I do so One time we were discussing a problem that was just not disappearing it was deeply related to my mental health issues and as I was describing my daily routine and some micro habits that I used to do My psychologist looked at me and she told me that the most significant change I could do is Stop staring on my phone when I’m at the public transport for for the record. I was living in a big city and Using the public transport and traveling from point A to point B was occupying solid hours of my time the reason why is because my university and my dormitory were situated in different parts of the city and as a way to kill some time and fight my boredom I used to usually scroll through my social medias or read some news on my phone. She told me that this action not only preoccupied me but also increased my stress and overwhelmed me for the mall. After that I decided to follow her advice and although it was actually pretty hard to do so, the habit was so deeply etched into my my being that it was it was coming very naturally to me to just pick my phone out, scroll and I didn’t pay it any mind. However, after a couple of tries, I’ve encountered that it was actually pretty beneficial advice. As my anxiety started improving, initially it was very hazardous, not hazardous, it was posing a challenge for me to do so, especially in the midst of the crowd with people staring at me. I I felt very uneasy, but over time my confidence started building up and I started feeling comfortable among the cases of the people and my anxiety started ebbing off.
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It is expected of me, as a person with severe social anxiety, to visit a specialist or psychologist every now and then, and I do so. One time, we were discussing a problem that just would not disappear; it was deeply related to my mental health issues. As I was describing my daily routine and some micro habits that I used to have, my psychologist looked at me and told me that the most significant change I could make was to stop staring at my phone when I was on public transport. For the record, I was living in a big city, and using public transport to travel from point A to point B occupied solid hours of my time. The reason for this was that my university and my dormitory were situated in different parts of the city. As a way to kill some time and fight my boredom, I usually scrolled through my social media or read some news on my phone. She told me that this action not only preoccupied me but also increased my stress and overwhelmed me. After that, I decided to follow her advice, and although it was actually pretty hard to do so, the habit was so deeply etched into my being that it came very naturally for me to just pick up my phone and scroll without paying it any mind. However, after a couple of tries, I found that it was actually pretty beneficial advice. As my anxiety started improving, it was initially a challenge for me to do so, especially in the midst of a crowd with people staring at me. I felt very uneasy, but over time, my confidence started building up, and I began to feel comfortable among the crowds of people, and my anxiety started to ebb away.
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