Social Phobia

Social Phobia

Social phobia, also called social anxiety disorder, is a disorder characterized by overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations. People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others and of being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions. Their fear may be so severe that it interferes with work or school - and other ordinary activities. Social phobia sufferers often worry for days or weeks in advance of a dreaded situation. 

Social Phobia can be limited to only one type of situation - such as a fear of speaking in formal or informal situations, or eating or drinking in front of others - or, in its most severe form, may be so broad that a person experiences symptoms almost anytime they are around other people.

Physical symptoms often accompany Social Phobia include blushing, profuse sweating, trembling, and other symptoms of anxiety, including difficulty talking and nausea or other stomach discomfort. These visible symptoms heighten the fear of disapproval and the symptoms themselves can become an additional focus of fear. Fear of symptoms can create a vicious cycle: as people with Social Phobia worry about experiencing the symptoms, the greater their chances of developing the symptoms.

How common is Social Phobia

• About 3.7% of the U.S. population ages 18 to 54 - approximately 5.3 million Americans - has Social Phobia in any given year
• Social Phobia occurs in women twice as often as in men, although a higher proportion of men seeks help for this disorder
• The disorder typically begins in childhood or early adolescence and rarely develops after age 25

What causes Social Phobia?

A small structure in the brain called the amygdala is responsible for the symptoms of Social Phobia. The amygdala is the central site in the brain that controls fear responses and produces the symptoms of anxiety disorders such as social phobia.

Investigation shows the environment's influence on the development of social phobia. People with Social Phobia may acquire their fear from observing the behavior and consequences of others, a process called observational learning or social modeling.

What treatments are available for Social Phobia?

To eliminate social phobia, the cause of the phobia must be addressed directly. The Amygdala does not respond to medication or psychotherapy, a more direct approach is required. The Linden Method addresses the root cause of social phobia and is simple to implement, permanent and guaranteed!

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Panic Reduction Tactics

Anxiety Tips - Panic Reduction Tactics

Here are a few examples of some tactics to use whilst having an attack. Practice them, they really work!

1. Splash face with cold water - this produces the dive reflex and causes your brain to send messages to your body to slow down
2. Distraction - Count down from 100 as fast as you can, repeat over and over. Do maths problems or anything else that occupies your mind
3. Listen to your favorite music loudly and sing along to it
4. Say to yourself - this has never hurt me, it has never hurt anyone else and it never will. I know what it is and it means nothing - disempower the attack
5. Tell yourself that what you are feeling are sensations; nothing more and that sensations never hurt anyone
6. Watch a funny video on TV, laugh out loud
7. Don't look at yourself in the mirror
8. Keep some apples in the fridge. Eat one, then another if you wish
9. Gently slap your cheeks and dance around - confuse your thoughts to distract them
10. In the night, get out of bed, turn on the TV, get a drink, eat an apple and keep moving
11. Talk to someone or phone someone - don't discuss your anxiety
12. Do something physical if you can
13. Do not sit down! Keep moving

Do any amount of these diversion tactics simultaneously if possible. They won't cure your anxiety, but they may help.

Panic And Panic Disorder

Panic disorder is one of the so-called anxiety disorders and is the result of an increased level of anxiety which is caused by a change in the way a small organ called the Amygdala, in the brain, responds to anxiety-provoking thoughts or situations.

When this process becomes disrupted, the sufferer develops feelings of anxiety which may escalate into panic attacks or Panic disorder.

Panic Disorder has such diverse and sometimes extreme symptoms. BUT, this is caused by the same internal mechanism in every single sufferer. The brain thinks it is behaving normally as it has become re-set at a higher than normal level of anxiety due to a catalyst of some sort; the catalyst is unimportant actually, what is important, however, is that an internal switch, which activates the anxiety response in the brain has been 'adjusted' to a higher level of anxiety and it is this that causes and perpetuates the Panic Disorder. I don't like the term disorder, it suggests illness and anxiety isn't an illness, it's a natural device that can become disturbed.

Panic Attack Treatment or Cures

Panic Attack Medication / Drugs

There is no medication which can address the root cause of a panic disorder in order to eliminate it successfully. Some medication can alleviate some of the symptoms, however, this affect is superficial and temporary, not a curative panic attack treatment.

All drugs can do is sedate the mind in order to temporarily suppress some anxiety symptoms, they do not ever represent a curative solution.

Drug therapy can help to 'knock the edge off' the acute anxiety or panic attacks experienced but if you rely solely on these drugs to cure your panic disorder or to remove the underlying anxiety, you are making a big mistake.

As a panic attack treatment, drug therapy can not now, or ever reach the area of the brain responsible for the formation of panic attacks and successfully identify which neural pathways to 'prune' in order to prevent panic attacks... it's just not possible.

How are panic attack symptoms caused ?

Panic attack symptoms are caused by a number of biological changes that occur during times of stress and anxiety.

The human body is very resilient, even in times of anxiety we are strong, although we may not feel it. Some people might be scared that their heart will stop, or give up, through the constant racing, thumping or chest pain, this is simply not true; again these are very common symptoms of panic attacks.

No one has ever come to any harm as a result of anxiety or panic attacks!

Consider how hard athletes have to work in order to give their hearts the kind of workout your heart receives through anxiety; athletes hearts do not give up, do they?

The heart is a muscle, raising the heart rate exercises it, making it fitter. You wouldn't worry if your heart raced after running for the bus, so why worry about it when it happens during anxiety. Panic attacks symptoms are harmless.

Physical tiredness

The downside of these panic attack symptoms is that your body will feel tired and shaky after they subside. You may feel as if you have run a marathon. Feeling tired or achy is a necessary side effect, if you are aware that it may happen, when it does, you will know what it is and it won't scare you as much!

Most anxious people complain of aching muscles and general fatigue, these are very common symptoms of panic attacks and anxiety. Muscle tension can cause pain or sensations of tightness anywhere in the body; most common in anxiety are pains in the chest, neck and shoulders. Tension in these places can be distressing; the tension in your chest may cause shortness of breath or rib pain, and it may make your chest or breasts tender or numb.

What are the most common panic attack symptoms?

Panic Attack Symptoms Explained - Please read and understand fully 

First of all, the word 'symptom' is used by doctors to describe the effects of illness... ANXIETY IS NOT AN ILLNESS... it's a behavioral condition. However, anxiety does 

produce some pretty scary SENSATIONS.

Yes, I said SENSATIONS because all of the feelings and thoughts you experience 

are just that! They are the physical manifestations of high anxiety

and NOTHING MORE!

STOP - THIS IS IMPORTANT

True FEAR can only be present when there is something PRESENT to be scared of.

If you have panic attack symptoms when there is nothing present to be scared of... you are experiencing INAPPROPRIATE ANXIETY... the sensations of FEAR, BUT, NOT true fear!

Even any weird or anxious thoughts you experience are ALL the product of the anxiety response which creates 'what if' thoughts... thoughts designed to make you make sensible decisions quickly when REAL fear is present.

But when no REAL fear is present, the thoughts work on presenting you with 'worst case scenarios' and some can be pretty weird and disturbing; these might include aggressive thoughts or sexual thoughts... thoughts about things you KNOW you'd never actually carry out. Disturbing but harmless thoughts and a recognized and common panic attacks symptom.

Panic Attacks

What are the causes of panic attacks and how can they be eliminated completely ?

Panic attacks or anxiety attacks, are the result of reaching a level of inappropriate anxiety at which Adrenalin, the hormone responsible for the anxiety reaction, is not used up by either fighting or fleeing.

When too much adrenalin is present and your body hasn't 'used it up' appropriately, the subconscious mind activates a 'panic attack'. This panic attacks 'mops up' all the excess adrenalin.

Panic attacks sufferers often visit their physician to be told they have 'stress' or 'depression' and then receive prescriptions for antidepressants or sedative which have next to zero therapeutic affect – how wrong is that?

Panic attacks (anxiety attacks) can happen just once, or can become regular when, what is known as, a panic disorder develops.

Panic attacks can cause a disturbing group of symptoms which cause the sufferer to fear the next attack and UNFORTUNATELY, it is this fear of having another attack that causes another to happen.

Panic Attacks & Panic Disorder - The truth

Panic attacks (anxiety attacks) sufferers can be subjected to a large group of both physical and psychological symptoms during high anxiety and panic attacks.

Sufferers may also experience what are called 'limited symptom panic attacks' during which, maybe as few as three or four symptoms are experienced.

Most panic attacks produce, what seem like, overwhelming symptoms and thoughts that make the sufferer believe that they are ill, about to pass out or even die!