Sociophobia - Fear of society. But in fact, this is not so much afraid of people, how much fear of social situations in which a person is in sight. Finding into a similar situation, sociophobe is experiencing a strongest anxiety, the rest of the fact that it will certainly be in a humiliating or shameful position.
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Fear This absolutely irrenine. For example, someone in the subway seems to be looking at him and think about what he is a loser. Or someone can not eat in the restaurant, because I am sure that it is necessary to spend something or drops, and everyone surrounding will show on it with your fingers and laugh.
They are terribly far from the people
SociFob is almost always paniciously afraid of public situations: speeches, reports, exams (even if confident in their knowledge). It is frightened by new acquaintances, and indeed communication, as such... Moreover, the more important for him the interlocutor, the stronger there will be fear (especially if it comes to representatives of the opposite sex).
Often, with sociophobia, a person is afraid to talk on the phone and use email. He can not work when he is watching him, can not eat in the company, prefers not to watch people in the eyes.
It would seem that here is this? Few who like when they look at arm or look into the mouth during lunch. But talk about friend. During the attack of sociophobia, there is a whole cocktail of the most examples of symptoms: it makes it difficult to spend the breath, the heartbeat is rapidly, stuttering, dizziness and nausea may appear, trembling in their hands and the desire to cry. A man is covered in a cold later or throws him in the heat, and all this is accompanied by a feeling of the unreality of what is happening.
As an independent disease, sociophobia was allocated in the late 60s, and only the last ten years became intently. Therefore, when they say that the number of social phobias suffering from social phobias is incomprehensible, where such statistics come from. Whether truly rhythm of modern life contributes to the formation of sociophobia, whether the doctors have become more likely to put such a diagnosis. Nevertheless, no one considers sociophobia today by exotic. At different times of life, more than 10% of people are subject to.
What means «At different times»? Signs of sociophobia may be temporary or permanent. Classic example: the child raised the teacher at all, after which he begins to be afraid to respond at the board, and maybe even going to school in general. However, it passes quite quickly. And it happens that a person himself does not know where the first time the fear of other condemning views came to him, but the fear of this is his companion for life.
School years wonderful...
Sociophobia – Young disease. It rarely begins after twenty years, and at about half of the cases, this disease makes debuts in school years (years old). What, in general, not surprising. On the one hand, the child is first faced with a large number of stressful social situations, accepts as a given fact that he can be ossean, and not one person, but a big group.
On the other hand, no one canceled children's cruelty. Perhaps we all seen how the whole class seats «White Varon», and boycott so generally were a legitimate anem «Punishment» In times of pioneers. By the way, sometimes the consequences of non-professionalism of teachers or cruelty of the entire training system can even exceed the harm caused by peers.
Many of us still remember «Antipod» Boards Hall – Stengazeta, whose name has always started by the capacious word «a shame», And then, depending on the circumstances: «Shame hooligans», «Shame of two doors», «Shame Svarukham»... From the same opera - public reprimands at a class meeting, ruler, do not give God, pedset. The collision with such situations of public humiliation can be very injured by the child, even if he himself did not try this nightmare on himself: «I did not happen to me, but it might».
Of course, similar stress – Not the only possible reason for the occurrence of sociophobia. Psychoanalysts, for example, see the roots of sociophobia in the cold, detached behavior of the mother or in injuries associated with the separation of the mother at an early age. And there are cases of sociophobia, when at all it is impossible to allocate at least some prerequisites for its appearance.
Between depression and alcoholism
The impossibility to join social contacts is very painful, since with sociophobia, criticality is preserved, a sharp understanding that something is not all right with you, that you lose something very important.
Perhaps there is not a single sociophob that would not try to overcome your illness, but, unfortunately, such patients are treated extremely rarely. Why? First, in Russia, now there are not many psychologists and psychiatrists who really know how to work with sociophobia. To the shame of the profession will have to note that there are specialists who did not hear such words (not in Moscow, of course, and not in St. Petersburg, but meet). Secondly, often the fear of the interaction itself with the doctor is irresistible.
If sociophobia is not treated, a whole set of much more serious diseases can develop on her background. Most often this depression. With them usually and treated as a result of a psychiatrist. Alcoholism also develops quite often. With him also fall to the doctor, but already to a narcologist and often not in their will.
And the mechanism is simple: alcohol as a sedative remedies attacks of fear, and a person, so as not to be in isolation, is increasingly resorting to «Oplain» Great. What happens next, I think you can not describe. Alcoholism, fortunately, heal, at least, can be achieved by a resistant, but in the absence of alcohol, sociophobia will immediately return.
If alcohol – Frequent way of self-treatment for men, then women run to the role of housewives. It would seem, that's it! But no: almost always, with such a strategy, sociophobia begins to progress and acquires truly ugly forms. Up to the impossibility of entering shopping and shooting a circle of communication to family members.
Tablets courage
Unlike specific phobias, such as fear of mice or darkness, special medicines help from social phobias. Beta blockers are very popular. Some are even abused: they eat how much in vain without any sociophobia just to worry less, say, to public speeches. These drugs help to cope not so much with the fear themselves, how many symptoms reduce, for example, hand and voice shakes, palm flow or rapid heartbeat.
The problem is that beta blockers have serious contraindications: asthma, diabetes, heart disease - and not everyone can use them.
Often, antidepressants are prescribed with sociophobia, but they are not always effective, and they have to take them long. Ideally, the improvement occurs only in a few weeks, but after the cessation of treatment, all the symptoms may return. Another minus: the side effects of antidepressants can be unacceptable for people with sociophobia.
Imagine: Vanya experiences sociophobia associated with communication with girls. He is prescribed an antidepressant, and everything seems to be in order: treatment is valid. But the trouble, the side effect of the tablets – Reduced sexual attraction. Asks if the game is worth the game, and will Vanya become more confident?
In any case, it is recommended to combine the reception of medicines with a work with a psychologist. The main thing is to find a qualified specialist who is suitable for you.
