How to overcome social fear?

Social phobia is common in anxiety disorder, generally more common in teenagers, some adults and the elderly will also appear.

This phenomenon is mainly overcome psychologically, and the main methods are:

1, let the patient think that this anxiety is normal from the heart;

2. Out of focus, making patients realize that they are not the focus of attention of people around them;

3. Improve your social skills, enhance your self-confidence by repeatedly practicing how to get along with others, and finally relieve the symptoms of social fear.

When there is social fear, patients can take the above methods for treatment, so as to resolve their symptoms.

Self-adjustment methods to overcome social fears;

1, positive self-suggestion: Say to yourself 20 times before going to bed every night and after getting up in the morning, "I accept myself, I believe in myself!" Through this positive self-psychological suggestion, we can gradually change our previous negative views on ourselves, learn to accept ourselves and cultivate self-confidence.

2. Relaxation and quiet training: Find a quiet place where no one will disturb you, sit comfortably, close your eyes and imagine yourself coming to a quiet place surrounded by green mountains and trees, and your mood will become peaceful. Now start to relax and imagine becoming loose and soft from head to toe ... at least once a day, through regular practice, it can help us control our body and help us overcome the nervous reaction.

Don't care too much about your reaction: nervousness is always accompanied by a series of physical discomfort. According to reinforcement theory, if we pay too much attention to the nervous reaction of some parts of our body when we are nervous, it is equivalent to strengthening our nervous behavior. Make it worse step by step. However, when we don't care about our own nerve reaction, because the tension is not noticed and strengthened, the nerve reaction will gradually fade over time.

4. Specifically, fear can be eliminated through system desensitization. It is to repeatedly accept the stimulus of fear and contact the target of fear, so as to gradually adapt to this stimulus and gradually eliminate this fear. Its stimulus intensity can be gradually presented from weak to strong, otherwise it will aggravate the fear.

5, you can use aversion therapy: the easiest way is to put a rubber band on your wrist. When you have fears or thoughts, you can fight hard, and you have to feel the pain. This is also a kind of reinforcement, and the symptoms will be alleviated after a period of time.

6. Encourage yourself and face it bravely. Every day, you can work harder for yourself, don't deny yourself, encourage yourself loudly and say to yourself, "I can do it, I'm not afraid." Then imagine all kinds of social occasions and make a draft in your mind. Practice and try step by step, starting with the person you trust most. Remember not to avoid socializing, which will not only solve the problem, but also increase your psychological burden. Tell yourself to take that step bravely.

7. Don't stay at home, go out to exercise more. Blindly hiding at home will only make your heart more closed, push open the door, go out and learn to embrace the world. Exercise more. Exercise can release stress and stretch your body and mind. During the exercise, you can also observe others and start socializing.