will ﬁnd that focusing on the thoughts and feelings associated with your 
social anxiety will become less anxiety provoking.
Problem:   My answers to these questions depend on many different variables, so I 
ﬁnd it difﬁcult to come up with a response to certain questions.
Solution:   This concern is often raised by people who are undergoing an assessment. 
Questions are often difﬁcult to answer because the responses depend 
on so many different factors. For example, the question, “How fearful 
are you of public speaking?” may depend on such things as the topic 
of the presentation, the number of people in the audience, the lighting 
in the room, the length of the presentation, how prepared you are, and 
many other factors. We suggest that you handle difﬁcult  questions by 
estimating your response based on a typical or average situation. So, 
if your fear of public speaking ranges from 30 to 70 depending on the 
situation, you could put down 50. If you prefer, you could just record 
the range “30 to 70” which would be more precise.