Social Anxiety

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This paper examines how communication is an integral part of our everyday lives and how humans need communication to express thoughts, feelings, and emotions to each other. It shows how social anxiety can affect communication, cognition, social performance, and self-esteem. It looks at several studies that have been conducted to reduce anxiety among socially anxious people and discusses the treatment options used to alleviate anxiety.

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"To a greater extent, Marshall and colleagues (1992) used term flooding instead of systematic desensitization. They attempted to streamline training by eliminating systematic desensitization and extending the practice component to a more "flooding like" treatment (Marshall et al, 1992). In this treatment, flooding subject was required to speak before a group for as long as necessary to reduce anxiety. Anxiety reduction was defined in terms of any behavioral signs of distress and a self-reported anxiety state (Marshall et al, 1992). If the subject indicated they were no longer anxious, but the therapist noticed some persisting signs such as stuttering or nervousness in the voice, the subject was asked to continue until all the signs were absent (Marshall et al, 1992)."

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