Thursday, March 12, 2009

Looking At Anxiety Disorder From The Social Point Of View

First in first, we need to understand the real meaning of anxiety

  • Anxiety can be defined as feeling of worry: nervousness or agitation, often about something that is going to happen.
  • Anxiety can also be defined as something that worries somebody: a subject or concern that causes worry.
  • Anxiety is the feeling of worry, nervousness or agitation often about something that is going to happen.
  • Anxiety can also be defined as extreme apprehension, a state of intense apprehension or fear of real or imagined danger, manifested physiologically as increased heart rate, sweating, trembling, weakness, and stomach or intestinal discomfort.

Anxiety disorder from the social point of view is the condition that puts you in a place in which you are extremely fearful of others and what they may think of you. It’s a situation that reduces the level of your self confidence to absolutely zero. This type of anxiety will always lead to total withdrawal of the individual suffering from it from the public.

Social anxiety disorder will often have symptoms that are similar to other types of anxiety disorder symptoms. The symptoms are triggered, when an individual is facing a social situation or when he or she has a social responsibility to carry out. Responsibilities like delivering a speech, presenting an award at an occasion.

They may experience symptoms such as

· Sweating,

· A racing heart,

· Muscle tension,

· Problems speaking clearly,

· Dry mouth

· Shaking

The end result is that people that face social anxiety disorder will likely avoid social situations. You may avoid social outings, or stop doing things that put this type of pressure on you such as speeches and holding meetings.

Ways by which you can manage social anxiety include:

  • Medication method.
  • Behavioral help method.
  • Self help help method.

Medication method: Medication is the treatment of an illness using drugs. There are drugs in the store that can help in the treatment of social phobia. These medications are in a class of antidepressants that are known as Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and are sometimes quite effective in the treatment of social anxiety disorder. One very common medication prescribed for social anxiety disorder treatment is that of Paxil.

Behavioral Help Method: is also called Psychotherapy. Psychotherapy is treatment of mental disorders by psychological methods. Is often used as a social anxiety disorder management as well. Therapy can and does help people. They will look at what is truly rational and help you to work through this effectively.

Self Help Method: There are herbal remedies on the market that have been found to have a good amount of help for social phobia. These have been used for hundreds of years with success.

In case your condition worsens, you can go for psychotherapy and cranial osteopathy or can consult your physician to get a proper treatment for anxiety.

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