How can I help someone with performance anxiety during sex, and what causes it?

November 7th, 2012

What causes men to have performance anxiety during sex? Also, exactly what is performance anxiety? Is it something that is real, or is it an excuse? How can I help someone with performance anxiety? Chosen Answer: Believe me, it’s real. My guy had it a while. An ex told him he was small and lousy [...]

How can I get treatment for social anxiety?

August 7th, 2012

I’ve displayed several symptoms of social anxiety/phobia, but I don’t have any health insurance so I can’t seek professional help. I live in California – is there a program of some sort that can help me with this, that doesn’t require insurance? Chosen Answer: View the information and weblinks for social anxiety/shyness, and self confidence, [...]

How do I get rid of anxiety about giving a presentation?

May 26th, 2012

I have to give a presentation tomorrow for class (yes, I have class on Saturday) and I’m so nervous. What can I do to ease my anxiety? I’ve done group presentations before and been nervous and did fine, but this is an individual presentation, so I’m even more nervous. Any suggestions to help calm me [...]

What is an easy way to deal with social anxiety?

April 29th, 2012

I have a lot of anxiety about going to school everyday because I have social anxiety disorder and it’s very hard to communicate with people and I get nervous that the teacher will call on me and I will get something wrong or say something too quiet. Stuff like that embarrasses me because I’m more [...]

How important is confidence in life? Is confidence related to anxiety?

January 18th, 2012

I blamed anxiety before for not being outgoing. I am anxious, therefore I have a problem being outgoing. But, could the underlying reason to my reserved behavior be because of say “low confidence in myself?” And that could apply to anything, from holding a conversation, to work, to school, etc. IF I am not confident [...]

Depression and anxiety sufferers : How difficult do you find it to meet new people and date ?

January 1st, 2012

I’ve been suffering from anxiety disorder and depression 2 years now and in those 2 years my social skills have dropped tragically and i have zero confidence when it comes to asking a lady out on a date or anything like that. Im seeing a therapist a couple of times a week and im improving [...]

What is the relationship between confidence and anxiety?

October 31st, 2011

What is the relationship between confidence and anxiety? Does low confidence create an anxiety disorder, or does an anxiety disorder create low confidence? What do you think? What is your experience? Thanks. Chosen Answer: Well, basically confidence and anxiety are more or less the complete opposite of each other. I have an anxiety disorder, and [...]