What if I have social phobia? Male, 18 years old, afraid to go to public places, crowded places.
This is still a psychological problem, and adolescence is easy to appear. If it is not solved in time, it will affect future life and work. Social phobia, also known as social phobia, is a common mental illness. You must first understand the problem correctly. Socialization is an indispensable activity for everyone in modern life. The people and things that everyone contacts every day are part of socialization in a broad sense. However, many introverts, especially young women, will feel uneasy in interpersonal communication, such as blushing, sweating, rapid heartbeat, stuttering and being at a loss. Correctly understanding the problem is the first step. The second step is to analyze the problem. What are the root causes of these problems? Is it related to the family education you received since childhood? Are parents too strict? Do you often get neglected in school, but gradually shrink back and get used to being ignored? Do you always want some kind of affirmation in your heart, but you can't get it all the time, resulting in inferiority? Or the simplest reason is that you are not satisfied with your appearance or figure? The third step, the solution: the right medicine. Psychotherapy does not exclude the synchronization of drugs and psychology, which should be made clear. The processing method is as follows: 1. Drug therapy can reduce tension, anxiety or panic attacks, and benzodiazepines and/or antidepressants can be selected, such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and tricyclic antidepressants. This medicine should be prescribed by a doctor. It is recommended to find a professional hospital or doctor. If you don't feel serious, don't take medicine, but do the following positive behavior therapy. 2. Psychotherapy (1) Behavioral therapy, including systematic desensitization therapy and exposure therapy, is the most important method to treat specific phobia. Its principles include: one is to eliminate the conditional connection between the object of fear and the anxiety and fear response, and the other is to resist the avoidance response. (2) Cognitive behavioral therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy is the first choice to treat phobia. In the past, behavioral therapy emphasized observable behaviors and actions, but the long-term effect was not satisfactory. Cognitive behavioral therapy emphasizes the adjustment of patients' unreasonable cognition while adjusting patients' behavior, and the effect is good. Especially for patients with social phobia, their distorted beliefs and information processing process make the symptoms persist, and correcting these distorted cognitive patterns is a very key content in the treatment. (3) Social skills training Social phobia patients often have social skills defects or underestimate their social skills, so they can improve their symptoms through training for a certain period of time. Including: the demonstration role of therapists, social reinforcement, exposure exercise, self-affirmation training, etc. 3. Effective overcoming training. Personally, I think the best way to overcome fear is to give a speech. It is suggested to join some clubs, especially those that need to speak in public, share themselves and tell their weaknesses, and then slowly find recognition and affirmation to build self-confidence. There are many ways to overcome social fear, some of which are relatively simple. Some people even became a love expert after overcoming social fear because he was afraid of girls, but after countless active breakthroughs in chasing girls, he didn't want to become a love expert. Of course, irresponsible pursuit behavior is not advocated. Ha ha.