What is social phobia? Do you know?

Socializing is an indispensable activity in people's daily lives. From buying rice and vegetables to work and business, every aspect cannot be separated from socializing. This shows the importance of socializing in people's lives. However, there are some people who act normally when communicating with others in daily life, but become stuttering or even unable to speak when giving speeches in large occasions. They suffer from the legendary social phobia. So what exactly is social phobia? What are the symptoms of social phobia? Let’s find out.

What is social phobia? It is a strong and unnecessary fear of certain specific objects or situations, accompanied by obvious anxiety and autonomic nervous system symptoms, and active avoidance to relieve this anxiety.

The patient develops an intense and unnecessary fear of certain specific objects or situations, accompanied by obvious anxiety and autonomic nervous system symptoms, and actively takes avoidance measures to relieve this anxiety. Such patients know very well that such fear is unnecessary, but they cannot control it, which results in affecting their normal activities. The objects of his fear can be single or multiple, such as animals, squares, closed rooms, climbing or social activities. The more common thing is that he is unwilling to deal with people and does not like to go to social occasions.

So how does this phobia develop? It is mainly caused by the following three reasons.

1. Genetic factors

It is hard to imagine that this disease can be hereditary and it is easy to occur in twins. Twin studies have found that identical twins are more likely to suffer from phobia than fraternal twins, suggesting that genetic factors may be related to the onset of the disease. However, there are also family studies on phobia that have not found an increased rate of twin co-morbidity. Therefore, there is no clear judgment on how much influence genetic factors have on this disease. However, the influence of genetic factors still exists.

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2. Quality factors

This is very related to the child's growth process and environment. In the process of character formation, if the patient tends to be childish, timid, shy, dependent and highly introverted, it is easy to develop social phobia later.

3. Psychosocial factors

These are completely acquired. As the saying goes: Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. It is an instinctive fear that people develop after experiencing something particularly frightening. For example, if someone is in a car accident, he will develop a fear of riding in a car. A person may also be afraid of specific objects, or may be afraid of certain things due to his or her parents' education. These are all social psychological factors.

For this disease, certain clinical treatments can be taken, more importantly, psychological treatments, and some positive behavioral treatments can also be carried out.