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" Saniya, I hope you are getting help for your social anxiety disorder. Many of the people I know with this disorder get a lot of relief through therapy and sometimes through medication. What you have to remember is that these aren&amp;#039;t just regular thoughts you are having \u2014 they are magnified a million times with more intensity, and it&amp;#039;s in learning how to handle and balance the intensity that will help you get through this. It would be too easy just to point out the fact that most people aren&amp;#039;t thinking those things when they are walking by you in the mall \u2014 that is how you are interacting with the world right now \u2014 but one thing you can do is try to give yourself one or two positive mantras a day that you can say to yourself when you find yourself feeling anxious or stressed. How about simply saying, &amp;quot;I am beautiful,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I can do this,&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;I am okay the way I am.&amp;quot; Say it 10 times over to yourself in each moment you feel out of control with these thoughts. Make the mantras simple and short. Try not to judge yourself the first few times you say it (your mind will want to say, &amp;quot;No, you are not!&amp;quot;), but this is about coming up with self-soothing ways to get you through a tough moment. The bigger picture is, you need to seek out some additional help so you have lots of tools ready to handle all kinds of different situations. Jess Weiner is an author, self-esteem expert, and Seventeen&amp;#039;s new Body Peace adviser. To ask Jess your body-image questions, share your thoughts, or vent your frustratioins, leave your comments below or send them here. Jess will answer new questions every week! Learn more about Jess at withjess.com. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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