Following my Passion
Question: What’s the connection between my passion and social anxiety?
Answer: Both of them grew on me without my noticing. Both have remained with me. And one relates to the other.
How come?
As a child, I was outgoing and always wanted company. But company didn’t want me, especially if it was made of other children. I learned to hide my emotions from them and gradually refrain from talking to them as much as possible. That’s what led to social anxiety. I didn’t know it was coming and certainly didn’t want it. No one does. No one chooses to have social anxiety. It comes upon you when you’re not looking and takes over.
Decades later, I discovered the name, social anxiety, and with it, a world full of people with similar problems and feelings – people struggling in similar ways to me. And I realised how common yet little known social anxiety is, and how helpful it would be – to us and to the whole world – if the condition were known and understood.
Raising awareness of social anxiety grew into a passion that resulted in the book: Social Anxiety Revealed. First written in 2004 and recently updated, it tells all the aspects of social anxiety from my point of view as well as those of many others. People who agreed to have their comments quoted anonymously. People who know social anxiety much more than they would like to.
Social Anxiety Revealed will be published by Crooked Cat Books on August 22
All are welcome to attend the online launch party, which will include songs, stories, jokes, competitions and more.
About Miriam
Miriam Drori is the author of a romance, Neither Here Nor There, and co-author of The Women Friends: Selina, the first in a series of novellas based on a painting by Gustav Klimt. She is married with three adult children and enjoys folk dancing, hiking, touring and reading.
Miriam sees the publication of Social Anxiety Revealed as an important step in fulfilling an ambition that began in about 2003: to raise awareness of a condition that’s very common yet little known.
Miriam has struggled with social anxiety for the past fifty years, although for thirty-five of those years, she didn’t even know the name of it or that a name existed. Only recently has she come to the conclusion that she shouldn’t have been struggling at all, but rather making friends with it.
In order to introduce this book and as a place for discussions with readers,
Miriam has begun a blog that’s devoted solely to the topic of
Everyone is welcome to visit and comment
Miriam Drori can be found all over the Internet, including:
‘Social Anxiety Revealed’ will be
available at Amazon from August 22
in paperback and ebook formats
Amazon:
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
I applaud you, Miriam, Bringing anxiety to the forefront will help others that are dealing with it. Thank you for sharing. ♥♥♥
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Thank you. I very much hope that it does help others.
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Hugs. Sometimes only with age do we understand ourselves better. I wish it didn’t have to be so hard to discover these things about ourselves or feel the judgment from others because of it.
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It doesn’t have to be so hard. If we could all change our attitudes and talk about what we’re going through, if we could be less judgemental and more accepting, it would be much easier.
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That’s true. I hope for a future like that.
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Meet guest author Miriam Drori from this post on The Story Reading Ape Blog
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Thanks for the reblog, Don 😃
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You’re welcome.
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Thank you 🙂
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You’re welcome.
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Thanks for reblogging, Michael 😃
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Thank you 🙂
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I have a friend who is extremely shy – beyond shy. Must buy this book when it’s published. Thanks both.xx
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I hope it helps.
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Meet Miriam Drori who is the guest of Chris The Story Reading Ape. Miriam is the author of a number of books but one that is close to her heart is being released soon. Social Anxiety is something that many people experience and yet it has only recently been identified as a condition. Head over and learn more.
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Many thanks for sharing, Sally – Hugs ❤
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Thank you 🙂
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Pleasure Miriam..
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Many thanks for sharing, Charles 😀
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Thank you 🙂
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