Overgeneralization - What it is and what to do about it.
Learning what we say to ourselves and changing it over time can be very helpful in social anxiety treatment. The more you practice gently replacing those negative thoughts with more realistic ones, you will find your social anxiety starts to dissipate.
A Cognitive Distortions Primer. How to Tame All or Nothing Thinking.
A Useful Primer on Cognitive Distortions and Maladaptive Thinking Patterns
Surprisingly healthy and unhealthy ways perfectionists cope with stress and anxiety
The Effectiveness of Counseling
Counseling (also called psychotherapy or talk therapy) is effective. A very large amount of evidence collected over 100 years shows that approximately 80% of people who attend counseling are significantly better off than those who do not.