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The Power Of Exposure with Dr. Robin Zasio

Shrink For The Shy Guy

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How Does Social Anxiety Work?

Social anxiety lives in the same fear system as fight or flight. When people are going into social situations, those same chemicals fire telling a person that there is danger. The more we flight, the more fearful we get because this time goes by,. We start developing all sorts of cognitive distortions around what they anticipate.

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