Top Skills to Help with Social Anxiety - Psychiatrist Dr Karl O'Sullivan Explains

Psychiatrist Dr Karl O'Sullivan discusses the skills that he has found should be developed to overcome social anxiety. These include self-awareness of thinking patterns, cognitive behaviour therapy, social skills training, exposure therapy, and relaxation and mindfulness. He reviews medications that are commonly used to treat the illness. He discusses recovery possibilities and the long term benefits of therapy.
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About Dr Karl O'Sullivan
Dr Karl O’Sullivan is a retired psychiatrist with decades of experience working in hospital and community settings in the United States, Canada and Ireland. He has worked with a wide range of mental health issues and with people from diverse cultures and backgrounds.
He has held academic appointments at McMaster University, the University of Dublin (Trinity College), and the University of Saskatchewan. The results of his research have been published in American, Canadian and British scientific journals.
A fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom, he is also a diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

[@hanid92]

Thank you Dr. O'Sullivan. This video is so informative and very helpful and easy to understand.

[@TracyNewton-q3b]

My social life is poor. I go to choir practice and feel sick all day because of lack of what to say,but manage and glad when over. A one hour job,yep im sick the day before because i have to be different . Going to church group,yep so nervous,but its panic pure and simple .when will i learn that its ok to be me,just me. Please god help us all suffering with this infliction .🙏🏻

[@alicerose9140]

You are so brave and singing is so good for you, well done! Go for yourself, and love yourself, maybe even try not to care what others think, as they probably don't! Look at the world with 'innocent perception' like a baby who has no judgement & so no fear ❤️

[@TracyNewton-q3b]

@@alicerose9140 thank you i needed that today. God bless you always. 🙏🏻

[@alicerose9140]

@@TracyNewton-q3b you too my sister ❤️

[@simonstraffon51]

I have a full blown anxiety/social anxiety disorder plus extreme agoraphobia. I haven’t been outside in 12 years as a result of anxiety and now I’m terrified of human contact. I try to keep positive but the future seems pretty uncertain.

[@Nandaksilva]

Thanks Dr. It was a very clear explanation, I’m taking notes of everything you’re teaching. I’m a counsellor in the UK and there is nothing better than learning from experienced people like you.

[@johnmc3862]

He is very good in fairness.

[@antohill2516]

Thank you I love how simple your explanation is I learned a lot and I appreciate this video and I look forward to learning more from you

[@Nina_banana]

I have really bad social anxiety. Like I tremble, and my face turns red when I am in any sort of confrontation. Because of this I do a lot of things that are against my morals/values just so I wouldn’t have to get into confrontations. It makes me feel crappy, but I really can’t help it. I still try to face social situations to feel better about myself, but it always ends up with me feeling more miserable. Maybe because I am hyper sensitive and critical about my appearance. I also act differently towards different people. I don’t really know myself anymore.

[@barbrapersaud2201]

When u said treatment help it hit me because im so afraid of meds but im here suffering from axiety tks dr

[@eddieleong6490]

I wonder whether psychiatrists sometimes get affected by their patients and also have some degree of anxiety or depressions.

[@alicerose9140]

Good & sensible advice, though not enough! What do you do when your fears (of irrational hostility) are confirmed? For eg I joined a t'ai chi class (safe enough you'd think) until I told the class I wouldn't be taking the vaccine and a woman beside me turned her angry face & said she had to "stay away from me". I haven't been out since.

[@TracyNewton-q3b]

Have you been out yet🤷‍♂️🙏🏻

[@alicerose9140]

@@TracyNewton-q3b thank you for asking! 😊 no, I've given up 'socialising' (cowardly I know) but thankfully I have my little family or else I'd maybe crazy by now. I wonder if shopkeepers & checkout workers know what lifelines they are for a bit of daily conversation.

[@TracyNewton-q3b]

@@alicerose9140 that's understandable. I have no family, or many friends. I used to work the till in a charity shop. The customers where my life line, until a controlling assistant manager shouted a some customers and I decided it was to toxic for me. I have been in depression relapse and have not socialised much either. 🙏🏻

[@alicerose9140]

@@TracyNewton-q3b I was thinking about you and wondered about voluntary work, but one never knows when a traumatic outburst may occur. So sorry that happened to you bc we are liable to dwell on it & it inhibits us from taking the same 'risk' again. I have no friends but a 3person family. And yet even then we can feel lonely. No one really knows us like ourselves and that's why I practice self-love by saying "I love you" out loud as often as I need, it feels good! 😊

[@PirateRadioPodcasts]

MEDI-tation is indeed among the MOST underrated MEDI-cations. 100% FREE & NATURAL. Pity.

[@alicerose9140]

Meditation has got me through some long dark nights of the soul, it is a great gift to oneself.