How to Tell Your Parents you Have an Anxiety Disorder
Coming to terms with your anxiety can be a really difficult and long process. It took me awhile before I could actually admit to myself…
Category: Social Anxiety
Social anxiety is the fear of social situations that involve interaction with other people. You could say social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being negatively judged and evaluated by other people. It is a pervasive disorder and causes anxiety and fear in most all areas of a person’s life.
3 Reasons Why Social Anxiety and Introversion are Often (Mistakenly) Put in the Same Basket
Social anxiety and introversion are often mistakenly considered the same thing and used interchangeably. As someone who struggled with social anxiety disorder in the past,…
6 Ways to Survive Parties as an Introvert
There’s a reason why introverts aren’t usually particularly fond of parties—too much stimulation and small talk, but not enough authenticity and quiet. And yet, like…
8 Everyday Habits That Are Making You Anxious
Anxiety disorders affect nearly 20% of adults in North America. That’s about 40 million people! Many researchers estimate that this number is actually closer to…
Is Introversion a Personality Disorder or a Personality Trait?
On this website, we, the many wonderful authors who specialized in writing introvert related topics, have established that introversion is a personality type. We have…
6 Signs You May Have Anxiety and Not Even Know It
Anxiety isn’t fun for anyone. We all know what it’s like to feel our stomach do flips or to panic over things that we feel…
A Look into Different Types of Anxiety
Everyone gets affected by anxiety. It is perfectly normal to feel stressed or anxious every now and then. These anxieties often help us manage our…
Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder: What is it?
Note to Reader: The following article will spotlight specifically Quiet Borderline Personality Disorder. For an in-depth analysis on Borderline Personality Disorder, please click here. Emotions…
Anxiety & Relationships QUIZ: How Many of These Quotes Can You Relate To?
Anxiety relationships are more common than you think. Do you feel anxious a lot? Anxiety can have many different effects for many different people. Especially…
PHILOPHOBIA
-I don’t think we should hang out anymore -Why not? -I have philophobia Have you ever had this kind of a conversation with someone you…
Social isolation and its effects among teenagers
Alex is a seventeen year old girl. However, she is socially isolated. By many standards, she is a very normal teenager but it is on…
3 Ways Introversion is Different than Social Anxiety
3 Ways Introversion is Different from Social Anxiety Introversion is often viewed as a negative trait or as something to be fixed. Often as well…
10 Things Anxious People Need in a Relationship
Loving someone with anxiety can be difficult at times. You might not understand why they do that things they do or why they are worried…
8 Tips to make Dating with Anxiety Easier
Anxiety affects roughly 40 million Americans so it stands to reason that more than a few of those sufferers will try their hand at dating…
The Stigmatisation of Mental Health
Stigma is everywhere. We live in a society where most activities are judged heavily. Unfortunately, mental health comes with a lot of stigma attached to…
5 Social Psychology Studies: How do Humans “Tick”?
How do people “tick”? Simple question, but it doesn’t equate to a simple answer. We at Psych2go became absorbed with this topic! Below, we gathered…
6 Ways to Deal with Inferiority Complex
Inferiority complex comes with huge waves and barely stops to give you breathing space. There is this loud voice in your head that tells you…
Read Someone Better, or, Help I Have to Talk to People!
Introvert? Habitually avoid social situations? If there was a room with a sign saying, “ENTER HERE, all who dare, for social interaction,” I would sneak…
Shame, It Doesn’t Work. An Interview with Krystine Batcho
Shame is a common thing to come across, and most of us have probably experienced it at one point or another. Whether its being shamed…
Nail that Job Interview and Your Anxiety!
If you’re like me, the thought of interviewing makes you wish you had won the lottery to eliminate the need for a job. I honestly…