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Social anxiety

When other people's gaze feels like a threat to survival.

Cognitive Regulation perspective

CR for social anxiety reduces the self-monitoring spotlight, retrains the brain's threat appraisal of social cues, and rehearses graded exposure with a regulated body.

Common signs

  • Intense fear before social or performance situations.
  • Replaying interactions for hours afterwards.
  • Avoiding meetings, calls, dating, public speaking.
  • Physical symptoms: blushing, trembling, voice cracking.

It's not 'just shyness'

Social anxiety has a measurable physiological signature and responds to a specific treatment plan.

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