I used to rehearse saying hello in my head before walking into a room. Not because I wanted to sound clever, but because I was terrified of getting it wrong. My heart would race, my hands would sweat.and every word felt like a test I was bound to fail. >> My name is Joanna Kashoka and for years I have lived with social anxiety silently. Today I want to talk about what that silence cost us and what happens when we start giving social anxiety a voice.When I was little, I was told I was too smart for my class, ...

Hi, my name is Scott and I suffer from social anxiety. You're probably wondering how I'm up on this stage right now. Well, for most of my life, I played it safe until I didn't.I was born on Long Island, raised by a family that never took risks. Don't stay out late. Don't go alone.what I heard. Don't have fun. It's no surprise that I was terrified of social situations.You have to study, go to a good college. So, I hid in my bedroom playing video games and preparing for advanced placement exams. I wasn't into ...

There is a whole generation of men that is like we are literally watching them die out in real time. We've got 32 year olds, 35year-olds who do not have children, do not know how they're going to ever have children. Some people like just put yourself out there, just work out, work on yourself, and things will work out.But they have something in their makeup, something in their attachment style, something in in their their tendency for social anxiety that allows them to put forth effort and succeed. And then ...