Social phobia
Social phobia is a subtype of phobia. Phobia, originally called panic neurosis, is a kind of neurosis. Mainly manifested as excessive and unreasonable fear of some external objective things or situations. Patients know that this fear reaction is excessive or unreasonable, but it still appears repeatedly and is difficult to control. Panic attacks are often accompanied by obvious anxiety and autonomic nervous system symptoms. Patients try their best to avoid objective things or situations that lead to fear, or endure them with fear, thus affecting their normal activities. Common phobia subtypes include agoraphobia, social phobia and special phobia.
Once you find that others are paying attention to you, you will be unnatural, afraid to look up, afraid to look at others, even ashamed, afraid to speak in public, afraid to sit in front of the assembly, so you will avoid socializing, which will lead to social isolation in extreme cases.
The difference between social phobia and introverted personality
Of course, in our life, many times we feel tired, or we just want to lie on the sofa and enjoy delicious food or dessert while watching wonderful movies or marathon on TV-so we choose not to go out. This is not social fear. The motivation for refusing to go out here is not to avoid uncomfortable symptoms in the social process, but to do something at home because of a decision. But I have to say that most people are a little anxious and depressed at the thought of meeting strangers or participating in activities with a group of unfamiliar people.
First of all, introversion is innate, while social anxiety is more caused by the acquired environment.
Secondly, people with social phobia are mainly afraid of social occasions and interpersonal contact. They pay too much attention to the surrounding environment in public places and are very sensitive to external stimuli.
Third, for an introvert, it is comfortable to stay alone. But for a person with social anxiety, being alone is often just to reduce anxiety. Many times, people with social anxiety really want to socialize, but they refuse to socialize because they are worried that they will make a fool of themselves.
How to prevent it
First of all, we must strengthen self-prevention. Most phobia patients are cautious, serious and meticulous before they get sick. They are rigid, inflexible, lack self-confidence and care about what others think of them. Usually, life is more serious than excitement. Relatively speaking, they are narrow-minded and sensitive.
Second, if family members are sick, they should actively cooperate or go to the hospital for treatment. Dayong Zhou, a doctor at Tianjin Sheng 'an Hospital, said that most doctors also regard behavioral therapy as an auxiliary psychotherapy, such as asking family members to prompt and control patients' compulsive behavior at any time, shifting patients' attention and thinking orientation at any time, so that they can't have the opportunity to repeat their thinking.
Third, in some social occasions, patients often show escape psychology. Escape can't eliminate tension, it will make you feel weak. Besides, we can't escape forever. We live in this society, and we must associate with people. We all have to face it.
How to deal with social fear
Here, Bian Xiao has prepared a tip to tell you how to solve the "pseudo-social phobia" of eating alone.
Japanese Lamian Noodles is definitely the first choice, and no one will care if you eat it alone!
That kind of self-help mala Tang is really the gospel of social phobia patients! A small basket can be self-sufficient and you can get a perfect meal without any social interaction.
When a person wants to eat a big meal, he can choose to eat steak, and then sit in the corner and eat a large piece of meat quietly. This is a very happy thing.
If several people sit together to eat, order tomatoes, eggs and rice, because only this can be seen at a glance, so that everyone can't ask what you are eating. This is a difficult social question to answer.
For patients with real social phobia, we should try our best to do the following:
Accept yourself; Or imagine the other person as your own relative, what is there to worry about when chatting with your relatives?
Choose people with friendly eyes as communication objects. Friendly people know how to respect a person better, and we can gain recognition from them more easily, thus building our social self-confidence. If you dare to look others in the eye, it is equivalent to opening your heart to communicate with others.
The doctor of Tianjin Sheng 'an Hospital suggested that if the condition is very serious, please go to the hospital in time.