Category: Social Phobia


We’ve all seen it, so many so-called therapists peddling their cures for social anxiety disorder. Yet what are the chances of a real cure? Downloading file after file of expensive miracle cures adds to the cloak of mystery shrouding what in fairness is just some means to extract money from you. Oh hang on, what about all those free bonuses that come with this instant tranquillity… they are all packages designed to whet your appetite, but in reality they are all bulking agents to make you feel you have got something for your money.

What’s the point of giving you the hard sell but not following through with some worthless ‘freebie’ downloads that will never be used? So there you go, you are now captiviated by the sales pitch and all these free items you are going to be receiving. Your mind is racing at the very thought of getting these, when all you really went on there to look for was some help in clearing away your panic attacks! So do be warned.

The unfairness of it all is that the products or product you have just purchased turn out to be, at best, an ideal bulking agent for clogging up your PC or something just to listen to when you have a few spare hours through your hurried day. I’m sure you get the idea now.

Former therapist and now global best-selling writer Stephen Richards adds comment by saying, “Most of these products on offer to cure social anxiety are nothing more than ’snake oil’ pitches, just made to entice the weak willed and unwary into buying useless products. These goods do little more than mask the problem for a short while, not targeting the actual areas in the mind that are in need of retraining. Basically it is all a waste of money.”

Stopping a panic attack in a fast way while being gripped by one is not quite as easy as some might claim. Why wait until you are in the grip of fear before applying such a cure? These so-called therapists are just reaping the rewards from your fear. Any decent therapist would, from the outset, be changing the very areas of your mind that set these attacks in motion. One method on offer unrealistically guarantees a100% success rate, and yet in the same jargon it intimates that, well, it is not exactly a 100% fix rate! Very cleaver!

How on earth can you get through all those CDs supplied for one treatment, then there are what seems like reams of paperwork accompanying it, well that is if you decide to print it all out from your download. Oh, and they throw in more than the value of the product you have just bought as a sweetener! Then you have some testimonies from so-called past anxiety sufferers. You are supposed to get through all of this paraphernalia you are now in possession of on your own, and then go out and put it into action. The lists of cures these products are supposed to clear (all tied in with panic attacks) are: Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Agoraphobia, Self Harming, etc, etc!

You see the smiling faces of past anxiety sufferers, saying they did everything and anything before trying the product on offer and voila! It worked, amazingly! No doubt these people are all good honest folk, and all the testimonies are no doubt all real, too. It all lends itself to the support of the product and for garnering your belief that it works. Of course, it all leads to the bottom of the web page, building up to the big sell. So it is simple to be trapped in the belief that what is on offer is the real deal.

Many of these products use subliminal messaging, where the words are embedded in the music or background sounds, these are wasteful of your time. Subliminal messages should not scare you. Scientific studies have proven that if the subconscious mind is intentionally programmed with positive thoughts that soon the conscious mind will begin to act with the information and positive results will be obtained. But why make it so difficult to take in?

What if there was something that actually worked better than subliminal messaging? What if it were self-hypnosis? Well that may work to bolster up your confidence levels when you are alone, but just try that in a social anxiety setting! See what happens, or rather what does not happen.

The real groundbreaking technology that has made a breakthrough in the cure of social anxiety disorder is very, very simple! In the most advanced cure for social anxiety phobia, International Best-selling Self-help Author Stephen Richards has done away with the need for self-hypnosis or the use of subliminal messaging.

Stephen Richards has, when he worked full time in therapy, cured long-term agoraphobics in just one session. Bringing some of that expertise forward to the now, he designed this technique and has extraordinarily broken with protocol of the usual cognitive therapy used by therapists. Gone are the wasteful and time consuming downloads of MP3 files or PDF printouts. It is the most straightforward method you will ever come across, and all on one CD! Yes, the “Releasing You From Social Anxiety CD” by Stephen Richards is just on one CD! This is a solid, real life CD … not a download. This is an amazing feat to pack so much into such a small space when you consider most self-help downloads are on about 10 x MP3 files, or even the CDs you get through the ordinary post could not be listened to even you spent all day playing one after another.

Stephen Richards has developed a method to help overcome social anxiety disorder that is so simple. Just one 20 minute session can do what others claim to do in tens of hours. One other criterion he stipulated was that it had to be inexpensive so that anyone could afford it. After working on this project and fine tuning it, Stephen Richards was happy to proceed to the stage of where it became available to the public for less than the cost of a film DVD.

After listening for just 20 minutes of track two, the “Releasing You From Social Anxiety CD” does away with hours and hours of listening to boring MP3 downloads. The other great piece of news is that Stephen Richards is not taking advantage of those in need by charging way over the top for the CD. It is with this in mind that prompted him to go into action to design such a product that would do away with the less than reasonable stance these others had taken on what he considered to be a fair price. As well as this, he wanted a genuine ‘fast fix’, not just something that promised all but delivered nothing.

Stephen Richards says, “I was absolutely dismayed at the way some unscrupulous sellers purvey their social anxiety cures. They are just a sham and exploiting the weakness of those in need. They drag out the treatments in the hope of more expensive sessions to follow. I believe in a fix that is inexpensive and also a one that is transparent in what it does.

Before going any further check out the “Releasing You From Social Anxiety CD” by globally recognised self help writer and former clinical hypnotherapist Stephen Richards for the most up to date and rapid non-hypnosis fix for social anxiety phobia.

You need to understand that social phobia is not simply a disease where a person pops a pill and is instantly cured, and so you should not expect an instant solution when you seek help. As a behavioral disease, social phobia is best addressed by first undertaking an examination on the subject and determining whether they indeed have social anxiety disorder. It is faulty reasoning to state that just because a person is shy that they have social phobia.

Someone who is shy does not like to be in social situations, but someone suffering from social phobia absolutely hates it. A person who has a social phobia would undertake extreme measures to avoid social exposure. Such an avoidance could be undertaken with the knowledge that exposing oneself to such a situation could initiate uncontrollable physiological manifestations of the disease.

It is noteworthy to point out that social phobia is not merely a behavioral construct. Its roots are physiological, and the symptoms that result are very difficult, or even impossible, for sufferers to control. A high heart rate, uncontrollable shaking, inability to speak clearly or speak at all, collapsing, extreme shyness, depression and the manifestation of socially unacceptable behavior could all be symptoms of social phobia.

Care must be taken to delineate symptoms on a case by case basis. Having one, or even several of the aforementioned symptoms does not mean that someone definitely has social phobia. So, it is important to not self-diagnose, as it is no more than guesswork. A specialist in social phobias on the other hand will have a range of medical tests which will give an answer one way or the other.

A clinical course of action typically involves the use of substances to restore chemical imbalances in the brain. Whilst this has been shown to be effective, it does not always bring about the desired change in behavior. Normally, a combination of clinical treatment and behavioral techniques works best.

Group therapy is often also used with success. It brings together a small group of social phobia sufferers so that they can each face up to their problem with people who are experiencing similar feelings to themselves. Most sufferers are initially very reluctant to talk about their problems in a group environment, but after the first couple of meetings they have made great progress.

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Most of us have a set of unique fears that relate to our own lives, like concerns about loved ones, financial worries and so on; but there are also many “universal” fears – or perhaps you might call them “collective” fears – that are communicated to us through our environment.

These fears often relate to situations and events that leave us feeling vulnerable and defenseless, such as worldwide ‘pandemics’ (…and ‘vaccines’), ‘terrorist’ attacks, economic and financial crises, and so on.

Not only do we see and hear constant references to these frightening scenarios in the media and from the people around us…

…the energy of collective fears also seeps into the very fabric of our reality (the quantum field) and continues to resonate around and within us.

Since we are all connected to the collective consciousness, we can actually absorb this “fear energy” as we go about our daily lives – even if we don’t pay attention to the media hype and mass hysteria.

In other words, if society’s desire was to manipulate and control people by keeping them suppressed in a low vibratory state of fear …this can affect everyone…

Have you ever felt nervous, edgy, tense, or vulnerable for no apparent reason? Even when everything in your own life was going fine, you may still have been affected by these collective fears and felt uncomfortable as a result…

…And to make it worse, the moment you begin focusing on these fearful feelings, the more you begin to magnify the collective fear energy without even knowing it…

Reducing the Impact of Universal Fears

It’s not easy to avoid absorbing these fearful messages, especially when you seem to be surrounded by endless examples of them every day. However, there are a few things you can do to minimize the impact they have on your life.

An obvious first step is to limit your exposure to news broadcasts; especially when they always seem to pertain to frightening events that are beyond your control…

Focusing on this force-fed fear programming only makes you feel more vulnerable and adds to the energy of the collective fear. Certainly you can stay informed about world events but it is advisable to seek independent, unbiased news sources on the internet, and then immediately start shifting your focus to something less fearsome.

Empower yourself by remembering that most of the things you fear will never come to pass. In fact, when you remember that giving your attention to anything only makes it seem bigger and more intimidating, you can surely see the wisdom in being more discerning about the things you think about.

Deliberately focusing more on positive things will help override the negative input you receive each day too. When you take greater control of your focus and place it decisively upon the creation of a joyful and positive reality, you contribute that same energy to the quantum field. This helps minimize some of the fearful energy being contributed by others around the world.

It’s true that there are many horrible, scary things to worry about – but there are equally as many wonderful, joyful things to ponder. Spend time each day thinking about the people you love, happy memories, and the great experiences that may be waiting just around the corner for you. It may not make the scary possibilities go away completely but it will lighten your mood, leave you feeling happier and less fearful.

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