Rescue Night Dropper 10ml

Sometimes your mind won’t switch off at night, continuously preoccupied and thinking about events such as an upcoming presentation or job interview, or your child’s first day at school. Try Rescue Night Dropper 10ml blend with Bach White Chestnut. Suitable for the whole family, including vegetarians & vegans. Rescue Night combines the five original flower essences discovered by Dr Bach in 1930 plus the Bach essence White Chestnut, which has been used to help switch off the mind from unwanted repetitive thoughts. These flower essences combine to help you enjoy a natural night's sleep.

What is Social Anxiety?

It can be common to feel nervous from time to time when you are around people, for example, meeting new people for the first time, attending an event alone or giving a presentation. Social anxiety can be a feeling of nervousness or being overwhelmed in social situations particularly when you need to interact with other people and can often mean worrying about socialising before, during and after.

Frequently feeling overwhelmed in social situations can be stressful. It may stop someone from saying yes to hanging out with friends, attending works drinks or functions that they would like to go to but find themselves unable to tackle the worry and go.

Now with the easing of COVID restrictions, many people may worry about socialising in large groups again, returning to the office or wonder how they will manage to integrate back to daily life. The UK charity ‘Mind’ conducted two surveys with adults (aged 25+) and one with young people (aged 13-24) between 25 March and 10 May 2021. They found that “one in four (26%) adults and over one in six (18%) young people experienced mental distress for the first time during the pandemic.”

When does it tend to happen?

How social anxiety manifests itself will differ from person to person, but some examples include, feeling anxious before a social event that you will somehow embarrass yourself, worrying about what people thought of you, or going over the conversations you had repeatedly after the event. The social event could be anything from a phone call to lunch with work colleagues, or a party with friends.

There is a complex discussion around the effects of social media on social anxiety. On the one hand, platforms such as Facebook and Instagram may help by offering an easy way of communicating with others that is not face to face. This can be helpful, as worries around embarrassment in front of people are less relevant, and it may take the pressure off. When communicating on social media, the other person cannot see if you are nervous in any way. The communication takes place in the safety and comfort of your own home, and with the screen as a buffer, people may feel more inclined to share their experience with others and gain a network of support.

However, social media might do more harm than good. For someone with social anxiety, a fundamental concern is that people will judge and scrutinise you. It is common knowledge that social media can lead others to compare their lives to those they see on people’s profiles, rather than focusing on their own life. Therefore, the worries around judgement are exacerbated as the user keeps track of how many likes their post receives and scrolls through pictures of other people socialising and seemingly having more fun than them. In addition, the more someone hides behind a screen to conduct socialising, the less likely they may be to address social situations or venture out into the real world to meet with people face to face.