In everything we do, we interact with people in some way or another. And for those who find this difficult and troublesome to do, it could be the only reason for them to get stuck in a rut or to never succeed at all. In its most critical form, social anxiety can be debilitating. To a certain extent, it can be difficult to get over such condition. However, social anxiety can be successfully treated today with hypnotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy. To understand more about social anxiety and find out how hypnotherapy can help, then continue reading.
What is Social Anxiety?
For a lot of people, social anxiety is just an issue in the mind, not a mental disorder. It has also been termed “acute shyness.” Simply put, social anxiety is the fear of interacting with people fearing they will be judged negatively. It is a pervasive condition and causes anxiety and fear in almost all areas of a person’s life. This may sound strange for some people, but for those who are afflicted with the condition, they seem to be under attack all the time, and the stress the person experiences can greatly affect the person’s mind and body.
People with social anxiety are often seen by others as being shy, quiet, backward, withdrawn, inhibited, unfriendly, nervous, aloof, and disinterested.
How It Affects People
The fear of being judged by other people produces some negative feelings that can stop people from functioning properly. Such feelings may include acute self-consciousness (which is the heightened preoccupation of a person with himself), unfounded feelings of embarrassment, and unwarranted feelings of inadequacy.
Such feelings can make a person retreat and avoid any form of human interaction, regardless of what the situation or need is. Some of the most common examples social anxiety include the fear of being teased or criticized, fear of being introduced to other people, fear of being the centre of attention, fear of being watched while doing something, fear of public speaking, and fear of dealing with authority figures.
The Cause of Social Anxiety
The main cause of social anxiety is the past erroneous programming of anxiety into the mind when the person was negatively judged, embarrassed, teased, criticized or abused and that program keeps on running throughout the life of that person. Researchers have discovered that 40% of all social phobias begin right before the age of 10, with 95% happening before the person reaches 20. It is an early start for a life of uncertainty and self-doubt until it is eliminated, reprogrammed with hypnotherapy.
The Consequences
With the unnecessary burdens that the sufferer bears, it is likely that they show a slack in different areas in their lives. Some may remain single while others do not perform well in school. This makes them prone to depression, develop suicidal tendencies, and substance abuse. Hiding from people also becomes easier for them because they hardly make friends and their employment history would show how difficult it is for them to keep a job due to their ineffectiveness.
How Hypnotherapy Gets Rid of Social Anxiety
The first thing to note is that our physical and the emotional reactions tend to be linked to each other. For instance, when a person fumbles in his first-ever presentation at work and he falls hard, chances are the feelings of embarrassment, shame, and self-hate will come up again when he is asked to do the next presentation.
With hypnotherapy, the goal is to reprogram the body’s responses to the experiences that previously would have resulted in anxiety. By doing this, the association to anxiety is eliminated and the sufferer is freed from all the ravages of the social anxiety
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