Being relaxed and comfortable in social situations, whether business or personal, can make everyday life a lot more manageable. At home, being social with your family is important because it helps build stronger bonds, with your loved ones. With friends, being social is important because the friendships that we choose to create, act as an extended family (and in some cases, those friends become family), that can make life a lot more enjoyable. At work, and in business situations, being social is significant because this is where you, your livelihood, and your family’s livelihood, is on the line. Communication is required with your co-workers and boss(es) to make sure that your job is done efficiently. With all of these different situations at play, we can start to feel pressure, and may develop social anxiety and paranoia. These feelings of social anxiety and paranoia can have the opposite effect than what we intended, but there are ways to combat them. Check on this new article and let’s take a further look at each one.
Social Anxiety
If you are someone who commonly has fear of speaking on a stage, being criticized, commented on, spoken to, or fear of being noticed, in social situations, according to doctors that specialize in behavioral science, chances are you have social anxiety. To fight this anxiety, these behavioral doctors recommend, to first work on building self-esteem and self-confidence. This strengthens the individual at their core. The second way to combat social anxiety, they recommend that you seek the help of a behavioral science doctor in your area, to work with you, and give you examples and strategies, on how you can take baby steps, in fixing your social anxiety, by pointing out social situations where you can enter that are not as stressful to you, and as you become more confident in each situation they will suggest (or introduce) to you, other social situations that have been a challenge to you. And as time goes on, you will become more relaxed in your social abilities, which will slowly alleviate your social anxiety. 
Paranoia
Feeling paranoid in situations that do not warrant such intense reactions can be emotionally tormenting, but doctors in the behavioral science field say that there are ways to fight your paranoia. First, they say, that when you are feeling these extreme emotions, to step back and ask yourself, if you have solid evidence, that others would support, to garner such serious attention. Second, they say, have you talked to other people about your worries, and if so, do those you trust and talk to, say that your thoughts and opinions make sense. Following these 2 strategies, doctors say, can assist you in determining if you are indeed dealing with paranoia and if so, to seek out the assistance of a behavioral science doctor in your area to walk you through other steps of healing.
