the gift of social anxiety: finding rest in god’s grace

Winner of 2016 Oregon Christian Writers Cascade Award.

Social anxiety is a complicated web of rules. Don’t blush. Don’t tremble. Don’t be afraid. We try and try, but we just don’t get it right. The last thing a socially anxious person needs is more rules.

The rules were designed by God for a purpose. Not to measure our own perfection, but to illuminate God’s perfection.

Social anxiety then becomes a gift, because it highlights our failure at the rules... and drives us to find love and acceptance outside of our performance. Rest. We don’t need to change or work harder. We only need one thing...

Grace

Chapter 1: My Unraveling

Chapter 2: What is Social Anxiety?

Chapter 3: A Flawed Foundation

Chapter 4: The Brain: Welcome to the Circus

Chapter 5: The Autism-Sensory Connection

Chapter 6: Pills, Plants, and Food

Chapter 7: A Brand New Me (and You)

Chapter 8: The Top Twelve Rules

Chapter 9: Safety Behaviors and PEP

Chapter 10: My Strange Thoughts and Behavior

Chapter 11: Committed (and Not to a Mental Institution)

Chapter 12: More in the Tool Box

Chapter 13: Extra Mini-Gifts

The Gift of Social Anxiety: Finding Rest in God’s Grace provides scientific facts, practical tools, and grace-based encouragement for those prone to social anxiety... and all from a biblical worldview.

1. Biblical worldview
2. Over 200 scientific studies
3. Examines role of body & spirit
4. Reviews modern counseling techniques
5. Centered on the grace of Jesus
6. 291 pages (print edition)