Mental Illness Fellowship Northern Territory

I suffered from PTSD and as such had awful panic attacks. Where I would literally freeze on the spot and drop to the ground.
I found great success with EMDR therapy as @Former-Member also did. (This is not an advertisement for EMDR).
I have not had a panic attack since Feb/March this year - & that one was mild.
I know social anxiety is different than what I dealt with - but I think similar therapy could help.
I listen to relaxation meditations at least twice a day - this really helps with my general anxiety. I download the aps for free off tge internet.
Unfortunately - there is no quick fix. It takes time to practice these skills and then put them into practice during moments of anxiety.
The reason your therapist is telling you to congratulate yourself - for the things you have achieved so far - is because that's also a therapeutic way of healing our brains. Your brain learns positive self talk - and then you end up with less negative self talk.
Please keep working on this. You are getting there & with practice - very soon you will find a huge improvement with your anxiety.
Just picture it now. Coming home from Uni or the movies or dinner - with no total exhaustion - but still full of energy