How to Understand and Live with Social Anxiety emphasizes the idea that social anxiety is not a disorder, not something that needs to be fixed, but developed conditioning of the mind to think and believe in negative realities. The book, through a step-by-step process, helps readers slowly understand their mental illness within the distinctiveness of their own context and gives them the tools to rewire their thought processes.

At the book’s end, readers who actively practice some or all of the seven helpful steps will find that they feel more in control of their social anxiety, and therefore, more in control of their life. WC: 105

About the Expert

Candice Littleton has struggled with social anxiety for over eleven years and feels she’s managed, through a series of cognitive practices, to gain insight on her mental illness. This new grasp on the distinctiveness of her daily suffering has helped her learn to live with her social anxiety, allowing her to experience a peaceful co-occupancy.

She hopes that this book will help others on their journey to leading a more purposeful and intentional life – one where self-pity, self-doubt, and the crushing irrationality of social anxiety is no longer a daily occurrence. Her success, with the help of support from friends, family, and counselors, has propelled her into a lifestyle she never thought she’d attain – one where she believes in herself and trust in the fact that she is not a burden to others, but, in fact, a commodity to this life.