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Getting to Know your Neighbours

How well do you know your neighbours? Perhaps not as well as your grandparents would have known theirs. In the past people tended not to move house as often as they do now and people generally stayed in the town or city where they grew up.…

Overcoming The Discomfort Of Social-Anxiety

One of the great challenges in overcoming mental-health problems is admitting to having them in the first place. Social-anxiety is a type of psychological dysfunction that can have symptoms that are not necessarily as dramatic as other…

The Everyday Burden Of Intense Social Anxiety

How enthusiastically do you embrace social situations? Do you make every effort to be a part of social events at work, or the schools your children go to or gatherings organised by people who you don’t really know that well? If the answer…