Facts About Social Anxiety Disorder |
You dont hear a lot of news and discussion on the media about social anxiety disorder although is one of the most common mental health problems in the US. We need to know a few facts about this disorder to understand how we can identify and recover from this problem.
First let me tell you that up to 19 million Americans have some kind of anxiety disorder and about 13% of population have it. Its known that social anxiety is the third most common mental disorder.
Now, people with social anxiety experience different symptoms and it can be different from person to person. We need to differenciate the two types of social anxiety:
Specific anxiety and generalizes social anxiety
The main different is that specific anxiety is when a person is afraid of one particular situation or kind of interaction like performing, acting, reading or public speaking, they are not afraid of every social interaction, just something in particular.
Generalized anxiety is when the person is afraid of any kind of social interaction, of being observed, of talking, of meeting strangers of everything.
Another facts that we should know is what kind of symptoms people experience:
There are basically 3 kind of symptoms psychological, corgnitive and behavioral.
Psychological are nausea, shaking, palpitations, sweating, blushing.
Cognitive are when a person has hight performance standards, tends to be perfect, wants everything to be with no errors.
Behavioral is when a person avoid social situation, meeting groups, relationships etc.
There are several treatments that are used for social anxiety the most common are medications and psychotherapy. Medications are basically drugs like paxil that help reduce depression and anxiety.
Psychotherapy tries to change the thoughts of fear of the patient by changing how he thinks of them, it requires time and effort but is the most effective method. You can overcome social anxiety when you look for professional help, changing your though patterns requires an expert to guide you and suggest you to practice and face some of your fears. The risk of not taking a treatment is that you can suffer a panic attack or get depression.
"How to Overcome Your Social Anxiety by being
your Own Psychiatrist"
Here is what you will Discover
at the other side:
- Why therapy is essential for your well-being.
- How psychotherapy operates
- Why
Medications are Risky and what you should do instea
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- How
to cope with social anxiety at Social events
- How did Freud (The most influencial
Psychotherapist) cured himself
- What the shrinks don't want you to know.
- Psychological techniques to become more assertive and
develop your social skills.
Quick Tip #1
There are different available drug medications that should be taken only with proper prescription of a doctor |
Quick Tip #2
Psychotherapy is a great way to receive treatment without any risks, you will discover what is the source of your fear or social phobia |
Quick Tip #3
You should face your fears, the more you face your fears the less dificult if will be for you, you will notice that is not such a big deal |
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