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How effective is exposure therapy in treating social anxiety disorder?

How effective is exposure therapy in treating social anxiety disorder?

It is the probably the MOST effective treatment there is for SAD, because you are working on both the negative thinking that causes anxiety, while at the same time GRADUALLY learning how to behave in anxiety provoking situations.

The trick is though...BABY STEPS. Don't bite off more than you can handle at first exposure, or you will want to quit.. As you obtain small success, you "climb up the ladder" toward activities that you once thought impossible to do.

You can do it! Good luck...

Widely used workbook, read this before therapy if you can:
http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Social-An...

it works I think, but for me anyways..it has to be done everyday....I've got to be out, and about everyday...If I don't leave the house for an entire day....I start to regress towards anxiety/paranoia/delusions.

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