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Surviving Holiday Parties When You Have Social Anxiety
Yahoo!: Socializing is a major part of the holiday season, but many people find it difficult. If you suffer anxiety or feel tongue-tied at festive gatherings, here are some helpful tips from Martin Antony, a
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Stress is as contagious as a cold
Marie Claire UK: A new study reveals that it’s not just the common cold that does the rounds in the office. You can also catch other people’s stress. Professor Elaine Hatfield, a psychologist from the
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One in 10 ‘Shy’ Kids May Have Social Phobia
Yahoo! : Many kids go through a shy or “awkward” phase at some point in adolescence, but shyness can become more than a stint of social timidity. Twelve percent of youths who call themselves may actually be socially
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The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright
New York Magazine: My screwed, coddled, self-absorbed, mocked, surprisingly resilient generation. Every generation finds, eventually, a mode of expression that suits it. Cavemen drew lines on their cave walls. Sixties kids marched. My generation, we
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Easily Embarrassed? Others Trust You More, Study Shows
LiveScience: The next time you blush after tripping over your own feet in public, don’t try to hide it — a new study finds that showing your embarrassment actually makes other people view you as
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Crunch time: how to deal with grim economic news
The Guardian: The last few weeks have been truly terrible ones for the financial markets. But that’s just another way of saying they have been excellent weeks for the British blog Brokers With Hands On