How to start reducing social nervousness today

Alex Mathers
9 min readFeb 19, 2024

I’ve had unnecessary social anxiety for most of my life.

I have had anxiety around people to the extent that I would forget how to speak, and have blind spots and tunnel vision in meetings.

Because it has been with me for so long, I’ve often believed that I would never be without it. That it was ‘just the way I was.’

Being unnecessarily fearful around people is, well, unnecessary.

Social anxiety affects many of us, and, with the proliferation of high stimulus online engagement and other factors, it seems to be getting more profound.

I’m not entirely ‘free’ of it. I know that some social fear is a normal part of being human.

However, it’s the irrational, over-the-top, gut-wrenching anxiety that is useless. It’s just stupid.

We believe our monsters, and it only blocks us from our full potential.

I know I will get to a point where all unnecessary social anxiety will be gone.

How?

Because of how far I’ve come.

Because I’ve spent years eagerly figuring out how to be free of what has felt like a ‘debilitating condition.’

Create an account to read the full story.

The author made this story available to Medium members only.
If you’re new to Medium, create a new account to read this story on us.

Or, continue in mobile web

Already have an account? Sign in

Alex Mathers
Alex Mathers

Written by Alex Mathers

Master writing for resilience and brand growth. Triple your productivity today using my checklist when you subscribe: https://alexmathers.co/

Responses (4)

What are your thoughts?

Be present and meditate for better psychological health indeed

--

Such a great article Alex. This really resonated with me. Keep up the great work.

--

One of the best article I've read about it!

--