Donald Robertson

Practicing mindfulness in some cases could actually just exacerbate or heighten their focus, threat monitoring for symptoms, basically, and paying too much attention to every slight twinge in their body, right?

Practicing mindfulness in some cases could actually just exacerbate or heighten their focus, threat monitoring for symptoms, basically, and paying too much attention to every slight twinge in their body, right?

Practicing mindfulness in some cases could actually just exacerbate or heighten their focus, threat monitoring for symptoms, basically, and paying too much attention to every slight twinge in their body, right?

social anxiety like we know that one of the main correlates of social anxiety is heightened self-focused attention so in fact many self-help techniques that people try to use in social situations actually increase their self-focused attention right so people with social anxiety will typically do things like trying to stand up like tall and straighten their back and look people in the eye

social anxiety like we know that one of the main correlates of social anxiety is heightened self-focused attention so in fact many self-help techniques that people try to use in social situations actually increase their self-focused attention right so people with social anxiety will typically do things like trying to stand up like tall and straighten their back and look people in the eye

social anxiety like we know that one of the main correlates of social anxiety is heightened self-focused attention so in fact many self-help techniques that people try to use in social situations actually increase their self-focused attention right so people with social anxiety will typically do things like trying to stand up like tall and straighten their back and look people in the eye

Because they feel like that makes sense and it should make them more confident. But what they don't realize is often it heightens their self-focused attention unnaturally and that contributes to social anxiety. And it also increases their cognitive load. So they're more likely to kind of feel awkward because they're trying to walk into government at the same time.

Because they feel like that makes sense and it should make them more confident. But what they don't realize is often it heightens their self-focused attention unnaturally and that contributes to social anxiety. And it also increases their cognitive load. So they're more likely to kind of feel awkward because they're trying to walk into government at the same time.

Because they feel like that makes sense and it should make them more confident. But what they don't realize is often it heightens their self-focused attention unnaturally and that contributes to social anxiety. And it also increases their cognitive load. So they're more likely to kind of feel awkward because they're trying to walk into government at the same time.

But getting people to think about the pros and cons of these different strategies is When might it be a good idea? When it might potentially backfire? Is there a good way of doing mindfulness? And maybe there's a bad way of doing mindfulness in some situations. That's the wisdom that allows people.

But getting people to think about the pros and cons of these different strategies is When might it be a good idea? When it might potentially backfire? Is there a good way of doing mindfulness? And maybe there's a bad way of doing mindfulness in some situations. That's the wisdom that allows people.

But getting people to think about the pros and cons of these different strategies is When might it be a good idea? When it might potentially backfire? Is there a good way of doing mindfulness? And maybe there's a bad way of doing mindfulness in some situations. That's the wisdom that allows people.

The ancient philosophers used to also say if you could give somebody the problem of teaching moral precepts or like coping strategies.

The ancient philosophers used to also say if you could give somebody the problem of teaching moral precepts or like coping strategies.

The ancient philosophers used to also say if you could give somebody the problem of teaching moral precepts or like coping strategies.

you know would be that if you give a piece of advice a maxim to someone who's wise they'll use it wisely but if you give it to someone who's foolish they're probably going to use it foolishly right if you give coping strategies to somebody who's got severe anxiety they're they're more likely just to turn it into a form of avoidance if you're not careful and

you know would be that if you give a piece of advice a maxim to someone who's wise they'll use it wisely but if you give it to someone who's foolish they're probably going to use it foolishly right if you give coping strategies to somebody who's got severe anxiety they're they're more likely just to turn it into a form of avoidance if you're not careful and

you know would be that if you give a piece of advice a maxim to someone who's wise they'll use it wisely but if you give it to someone who's foolish they're probably going to use it foolishly right if you give coping strategies to somebody who's got severe anxiety they're they're more likely just to turn it into a form of avoidance if you're not careful and

The people who have the most severe problems are the ones that are most likely to misuse the type of strategies that we get in self-help books, basically. So what's often missing, I think, is this meta skill, if you like, of being able to choose between strategies and figure out their pros and cons, which is actually one of the first things we'd normally do in cognitive therapy.

The people who have the most severe problems are the ones that are most likely to misuse the type of strategies that we get in self-help books, basically. So what's often missing, I think, is this meta skill, if you like, of being able to choose between strategies and figure out their pros and cons, which is actually one of the first things we'd normally do in cognitive therapy.