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- Maintain your own friendships and outside
social interests. Isolating yourself will only put more
stress on your relationship.
- Recognize that you may have a variety of
intense feelings about your partner having this disorder.
All of these feelings are normal and OK. However, you must
express them appropriately and in a way that does not hurt
your partner or damage your relationship. (See “Illuminating
the Heart” in the Resources section for guidelines on
communicating effectively.)
- Be open to looking at ways you may have well-meaningly
helped your spouse avoid certain social situations. As one
example, do you always answer the phone? Gradually
encourage him or her to assume more responsibility in
these areas.
- Remember that you cannot solve your spouse’s
problems.
- Let your spouse know your needs, too. In
other words, you shouldn’t always need to be the caretaker.
- Know that many commonly prescribed medications
for anxiety and depression can cause sexual dysfunctions.
Keep the lines of communication open, and encourage your
spouse to talk with his or her doctor if this is an issue.
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Nurturing the
Shy Child: Practical Help for Raising Confident and Socially
Skilled Kids and Teens
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Painfully
Shy: How to Overcome Social Anxiety and Reclaim Your Life
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| Dying
of Embarrassment: Help for Social Anxiety & Phobia |
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| Illuminating
the Heart: Steps Toward a More Spiritual Marriage |
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