The treatment of social phobia can be divided into two parts: psychotherapy and medication. People with milder conditions only need to receive psychotherapy, and the physician will do psychological construction for the patient and understand the main reasons for the patient’s social phobia during the consultation process. If the condition is more serious, the physician will cooperate with medication.
Some people hate or are afraid of facing people. They are not just shy or embarrassed, but they have a strong sense of unease and rejection of the world outside of themselves. This anxiety and social disorder that results from discomfort with social life and groups is called social phobia.
Social phobia is a mental illness, but suffering for one’s own personality introversion and shyness is not the same as actually suffering from social phobia. People with social phobia usually have a negative view of groups and have difficulty communicating with the outside world except for a few close people, and these people are unable to get out of their own world voluntarily and are reluctant to join a crowd. These people feel uncomfortable in crowded places, fearing that others will notice them, that they will be criticized, and that they will not fit in. In mild cases, people can still live a normal life, but in severe cases, it can cause obstacles in their lives, making it impossible for them to study or work normally.
Social phobia is already the third most common mental illness after depression and alcoholism, and the number of people suffering from it is increasing because of the increasing pressure people face nowadays. For doctors, the difficulty in treating these patients is not that more and more people are suffering from the disease, but that people suffering from social phobia are often reluctant to seek medical attention because they are afraid or unwilling to approach strangers, or are afraid of being labeled as “mentally ill”.
1, do not deny themselves, constantly admonishing themselves “I am the best I can be”, “I was born to be useful”.
2, do not demand of themselves, what can be done to achieve what can be done, as long as the best efforts, it does not matter if you do not succeed.
3.Do not recall the unpleasant past, let the past be the past, nothing is more important than the present.
4, friendly to others, help that the essence of happiness, in helping others can forget their own worries, but also to prove their value of existence.
5.Find someone to talk to, there is trouble is sure to say, find a trusted person to say their troubles. Others may not be able to help you solve the problem, but at least you can let off some steam.
6, give yourself 10 minutes of thinking every day, constantly summarize themselves to be able to constantly face new problems and challenges.
7, go to a crowded place, so that the constant flow of people passing in front of the eyes, trying to give people a smile.
Attention Focus Method In social situations, there is no need to be overly concerned about the impression you make on others, to know that you are just a small person who will not attract undue attention, the right thing to do is to learn to focus on what you have to do is right.
When you are too nervous or anxious, you may want to ask: how bad can it be? What do I have to lose in the end? What’s the worst that can happen? The big thing is to go back to the beginning, what is the big deal! Figure this out, everything will become easier.
Pendulum method
In order to conquer fear, you may want to think: the pendulum to swing to this side, you must first to the other side of the force. I blush big deal like a red cloth; what’s the big deal about my heartbeat, I still want to dance faster than a rock and roll drum beat! As a result, people will find that the actual situation is far less serious than originally thought, so the attention is diverted to the main topic.
Systematic desensitization method
If you are faced with a girl you love, you can use a step-by-step approach to overcome the psychological barriers. One: resolve to look at her clothes; two: look at her face and eyes; three: smile at her; four: take the initiative to talk to her when a friend is around; five: have the courage to contact her alone. This method of avoiding direct collision with sensitive centers makes an otherwise seemingly difficult social behavior easier, and this method generally has an immediate effect on mild social phobias.
However, when the physiological adverse reactions have been more severe, it is necessary to apply medication in moderation, which is effective in eliminating psychological tension and relieving physical discomfort. This treatment must be carried out under the guidance of a professional doctor, so as not to cause addiction to drugs, dependence and other adverse consequences.
1. Hypnotherapy.
Psychoanalysts will hypnotize you, digging deep into your mind or memory to see if you have experienced some kind of embarrassing event, trying to find the root cause of your morbidity. This therapy takes a long time and is more expensive.
2. Obsessive-compulsive therapy.
The doctor makes you stand on a street with a lot of traffic, or makes you stand in front of the opposite sex, which you are very afraid of, and uses a huge psychological stimulus to treat you compulsively.
3. Situational therapy.
Let you in a hypothetical space, constantly simulate the occurrence of social phobia scenarios, and constantly practice repeating the episode in which the symptoms occur. The psychoanalyst will constantly encourage you to face such scenes, so that you can adapt from the hypothetical to this environment that produces anxiety and tension.
4. Cognitive therapy.
This is a treatment method that constantly instills concepts. Doctors constantly tell you that this fear is abnormal, so that you correctly understand the procedures of human interaction, and teach you some ways to interact with people.
5. Drug therapy.
This is currently considered to be the most effective treatment method. Mainly for your onset is due to the imbalance of certain chemicals in your body, so the use of certain types of drugs to regulate the balance. The treatment of social phobia: the general procedure is to increase tolerance to fear by gradually incrementing the social situation, thus achieving the effect of eliminating the social fear response.
The first step is to keep telling yourself that this fear can be eliminated. And the correct understanding of the procedure of human interaction, understanding the method of interaction with people.
Secondly, you have to find out the kinds of things that create social fear in yourself and try to tap into the deep roots of your mind.
Then, in an imaginary space, constantly simulate the scenario in which social phobia occurs, constantly practice repeating the episode in which the symptom occurs, and constantly encourage yourself to face this scenario bravely in order to adapt to this environment that generates anxiety and tension from the imaginary.
Finally, compulsive therapy was used, with small and gradual steps. First stand in a street with a lot of traffic; adapt and then reduce the number of people and shop in the mall; then reduce the number of people again and attend some large gatherings; then attend small gatherings and try to express your point of view; and finally associate with people you are very afraid of and always give yourself rewards. Using this method and practicing it regularly and constantly will make a big difference in the disease.