Overcoming anxiety and shyness

First of all, Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) is a specific type of anxiety that mostly affects people during social interactions, or while relating or reflecting on social interactions or conversation. If you're inhibited and anxious in most social activities like speaking in front of a group of people, meeting new friends/people, eating in public etc and you're scared that the people will see your anxiety, then you may suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder.

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Although anxiety is caused or triggered by different things, which may include some physical conditions. treatment involves might be some self-help techniques, medication, or some personal therapy.
But the major ingredient in overcoming social anxiety is GOD's WORD
First of all, I think reading God's word and fellowship will be an im[ortant ingredient to slove social anxiety. A Christian should be engaged in all these things

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Although recent research shows that cognitive-therapy is the best treatment for anxiety disorder because it reveals that the battle is mostly in the mind.
The Bible teaches us that Christians can also control the way they think, what they think and how they think because the holy spirit has been given to us by God to teach us these things.

John 14:26-27

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Most people do not have the belief of controlling their thought to a great degree. But i think with constant practice, prayer and through the help of God, the mental battle can be won.

See Philippians 4;7

And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

Also, we have learned that God's plan for his children is not attached to fear.

2 timothy 1:7

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

So many social anxiety sufferers have been engaged in activities that happen in the past, an example is some sort of trauma or an overbearing. An incident like this may lead us to develop issues about ourselves without knowing.

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All in all, For those people who are still struggling with the spirit of social anxiety and shyness,
I encourage a biblical view to you. I want to let you know that as believers, we are loved, (Romans 5:8) we are accepted (Ephesians 1:6) And we are not condemned (Romans 8:1)
God bless you all.