Dr. Julie Smith

is in how much you buy into it and how much you believe it's factual or a true predictor of the future. And actually thoughts can't be factual because they are influenced by so many different factors. So you are more likely to have catastrophizing thoughts when you're tired or when you're hungry or when you're stressed. All of these different things impact on our thought process.

is in how much you buy into it and how much you believe it's factual or a true predictor of the future. And actually thoughts can't be factual because they are influenced by so many different factors. So you are more likely to have catastrophizing thoughts when you're tired or when you're hungry or when you're stressed. All of these different things impact on our thought process.

is in how much you buy into it and how much you believe it's factual or a true predictor of the future. And actually thoughts can't be factual because they are influenced by so many different factors. So you are more likely to have catastrophizing thoughts when you're tired or when you're hungry or when you're stressed. All of these different things impact on our thought process.

So people talk a lot about what you think impacts how you feel, but how you feel impacts what you think as well. So if you're stressed and anxious about something at work, you're more likely then to...

So people talk a lot about what you think impacts how you feel, but how you feel impacts what you think as well. So if you're stressed and anxious about something at work, you're more likely then to...

So people talk a lot about what you think impacts how you feel, but how you feel impacts what you think as well. So if you're stressed and anxious about something at work, you're more likely then to...

in your home life for example skip to a worst case scenario just because of where you're at with your stress levels um so what it makes sense then to kind of get that separation from a thought and just see it for what it is which is a bias so if you're stressed you're going to be biased towards worst case scenarios because your body is essentially in threat mode and looking for threats um and then you can kind of see it for what it is which takes some of the power out of it

in your home life for example skip to a worst case scenario just because of where you're at with your stress levels um so what it makes sense then to kind of get that separation from a thought and just see it for what it is which is a bias so if you're stressed you're going to be biased towards worst case scenarios because your body is essentially in threat mode and looking for threats um and then you can kind of see it for what it is which takes some of the power out of it

in your home life for example skip to a worst case scenario just because of where you're at with your stress levels um so what it makes sense then to kind of get that separation from a thought and just see it for what it is which is a bias so if you're stressed you're going to be biased towards worst case scenarios because your body is essentially in threat mode and looking for threats um and then you can kind of see it for what it is which takes some of the power out of it

Yeah, so something that came up in the research for people with social anxiety is they tend to have an inward focus. So if you're socially anxious or you're feeling socially awkward, you'll be focused on, how am I coming across? How am I sitting? How am I speaking? What are other people thinking of me? So it's all about that kind of self-doubt and that kind of, what am I doing wrong?

Yeah, so something that came up in the research for people with social anxiety is they tend to have an inward focus. So if you're socially anxious or you're feeling socially awkward, you'll be focused on, how am I coming across? How am I sitting? How am I speaking? What are other people thinking of me? So it's all about that kind of self-doubt and that kind of, what am I doing wrong?

Yeah, so something that came up in the research for people with social anxiety is they tend to have an inward focus. So if you're socially anxious or you're feeling socially awkward, you'll be focused on, how am I coming across? How am I sitting? How am I speaking? What are other people thinking of me? So it's all about that kind of self-doubt and that kind of, what am I doing wrong?

Whereas someone who's feeling confident socially... Will not be focused on all those things. They'll be focused outward on the people they're interacting with and wanting to get to know them or wanting to find out about something or, you know, those kind of things. Wanting to know how they're feeling and making them feel welcome and calm and comfortable.

Whereas someone who's feeling confident socially... Will not be focused on all those things. They'll be focused outward on the people they're interacting with and wanting to get to know them or wanting to find out about something or, you know, those kind of things. Wanting to know how they're feeling and making them feel welcome and calm and comfortable.

Whereas someone who's feeling confident socially... Will not be focused on all those things. They'll be focused outward on the people they're interacting with and wanting to get to know them or wanting to find out about something or, you know, those kind of things. Wanting to know how they're feeling and making them feel welcome and calm and comfortable.

And so sometimes when you're dealing with people who are socially anxious, it can be a job of kind of... Just shifting the focus of the attention. So you can focus on all the things you may or may not be doing right or doing well. But you could also focus on what's going on outside of yourself. I remember doing that with someone.

And so sometimes when you're dealing with people who are socially anxious, it can be a job of kind of... Just shifting the focus of the attention. So you can focus on all the things you may or may not be doing right or doing well. But you could also focus on what's going on outside of yourself. I remember doing that with someone.

And so sometimes when you're dealing with people who are socially anxious, it can be a job of kind of... Just shifting the focus of the attention. So you can focus on all the things you may or may not be doing right or doing well. But you could also focus on what's going on outside of yourself. I remember doing that with someone.

When I was dealing with someone who had lots of social anxiety and paranoia, and we had to have a kind of, we call them an MDT, so like a multidisciplinary meeting with all these different professionals that are involved. And they were so frightened about it. And so all we did was we said, okay, here's pen and paper.

When I was dealing with someone who had lots of social anxiety and paranoia, and we had to have a kind of, we call them an MDT, so like a multidisciplinary meeting with all these different professionals that are involved. And they were so frightened about it. And so all we did was we said, okay, here's pen and paper.