Our culture has greatly changed as a result of the smartphone. We can get comfort for every doubt just     1     texting our friends as well as can feel approval by getting “likes” on our WeChat status.

However, psychologists argue that the over-reliance on their     2     (phone) can make people unable to sit with uncertainty. They consider     3     as a “safety seeking behavior” which reduces anxiety in the moment. But over time, safety behaviours actually feed anxiety     4     they prevent people from realising their fear has no basis once the situation has actually unfolded, or that it is something they’re able to cope with.

So we need to learn to face uncertainty,     5     is essential to managing our mental health. By sitting with uncertainty, a person     6     (gradual) learns to distract themselves, letting go of trying to control situations and realises they can survive the pain of “not knowing” in the situation. Using phones to push the worry onto another person     7     (prevent) self-management from occurring. Often, we don’t realise that after     8     little while and sometimes a lot of distraction, the unpleasant feeling will go away.

Keep in mind the old saying that “no news is good news”    9     resist the tendency to message first. Being able to wait and let go of the desire to control each situation is a major key to     10     (overcome) anxiety.

Do you have a fear of public speaking? For the longest time,I had such kind of fear.It's common.In fact,various scientific reports have shown that the fear of speaking in public     1     (rank) higher than the fear of     2     (die).This may sound a bit extreme to many of you but     3    you get nervous and sweat like crazy just at the thought of speaking in front of people,then you probably know that the fear is somewhat understandable.

I remember I used to fear public speaking.My legs would get weak as I     4    (walk)to the front of the audience.I would avoid eye contact unless I found someone with a     5    (smile)face.Then I would just stare at hat person for     6    whole speech.

Have you experienced these things? They are not     7    (exact)good experiences.I will share my experiences in overcoming fear of public speaking.The most important thing is to practice.You can do this     8     joining such kind of clubs.If that’s not possible,then just practice doing speeches in front of anyone,even yourself in the mirror an imaginary audience. Volunteer     9    (do)short speeches whenever you can get the chance.The more you do it,the     10    (easy)it will become.