503 How to Talk to Strangers When You Have Social Anxiety

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  If you want to learn how to talk to strangers

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  when you have health anxiety, this is going to be the exact episode for you.

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  The reason for that is my name is Kimberly Quinlan.

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  I am an anxiety specialist.

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  I spend my whole day helping people with specific anxiety struggles,

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  and I have helped hundreds of people with social anxiety out in the field.

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  Out in public, helping them manage their anxiety as they practice talking to strangers,

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  going out, ordering things at the supermarket, ordering things on the phone.

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  We actually do this practice in session.

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  I am an exposure and response prevention therapist.

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  And what that means is I practice with my clients.

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  I don't just talk about it.

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  I send them out to practice and I go with them.

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  We walk across the street into local outdoor mall and we practice these skills together.

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  And so today I'm going to walk you through exactly what I teach my clients when we do this.

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  Now, I want you to stay till the end because the end,

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  I'm actually going to give you specific homework, the exact specific homework I give my clients as well.

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  And the reason for that is, again, you can just sit and talk about this and learn about it,

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  but it's actually not going to move the needle until you actually go out and practice it.

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  And I wish I could be there with you in real time,

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