What's the best treatment for social anxiety?
The older I get, the more I realize how social anxiety has affected my life. I created a life that feels safe to me but now I realize I missed out on a lot of opportunities. I want to work on fixing my social anxiety so I can build a bigger life but that would require a lot more social interaction. What's the best way to overcome social anxiety?
Am I suppressing my childhood trauma or unfazed by it?
This seems like a silly question but I don't know what to think. I had a rough childhood but I know a lot of people did. I don't particularly care and I don't think I'm traumatized from it. In fact, I think it taught me a lot about life and I'm glad I went through it. I hear people talk about healing their childhood wounds and figuring out the unhealthy stuff they learned from childhood and part of me wonders if I'm just pretending it didn't bother me. Or maybe I learned bad habits and don't recognize them? Then I think maybe I'm just overthinking.
How can I be more productive in the mornings? I waste too much time.
I work from home which I love. And I think early mornings are a great time to get a lot of work done because it's before emails start coming in and demands start being made. Yet, I sit on the couch with my laptop and look at social media and watch TV and waste the first two hours of my morning. How do I turn it around to make those the two most productive hours instead of the least productive?
Taking medication for my depression feels like a crutch. Should I be strong enough to handle this without pills?
I've had depression for quite a while and my doctor is aware. He keeps telling me I should take medication and that medication might help me. But I can't shake the feeling that medication is just a crutch. I don't want to go for the easy fix but it is tempting sometimes to just do it. Is taking medication a crutch I shouldn't need?
Is there anything I can do for my adult child who is an alcoholic?
My son is clearly an alcoholic and I'm slowly realizing just how bad his drinking has become since his divorce two years ago. When he's drinking a lot he sometimes calls to tell me how depressed and lonely he is. When he is sober he acts like nothing happened and says he is OK. Is there anything I should be doing to help him? Am I providing emotional support when I talk to him even though he doesn't seem to remember it the next day?