Social Anxiety, Signs and Symptoms | Remedy

Social Anxiety, Do you have it?

Do you usually have a bad feeling of going to a party or engaging in social activities in which you have so many people around? Do you find it hard to meet people, in most time always afraid about it? Are you always feeling intense whenever the thought going out to a gathering of a lot of people? The possibility of you having a social anxiety is high.

Another name for social anxiety is call social phobia, and it is more than just being shy or just someone who is not outgoing. It actually surpasses that. It involves you having a high stimuli towards social interaction, most cases, it happens whenever you feel there are new people involved. Like meeting new persons you have never met or don’t know.

Social anxiety does actually can have a negative effect on your life if you do not take care of it as soon as possible. As a teenager, if you grow up with it, it affects your life and not allowing you to make the connections you want or need, affect your love life and you my pretty find it hard to find a girlfriend that will really understand you for you, but you will. However, below are some of the sign and symptoms so that when you see this signs earlier in your children or yourself, you can easily treat it. You know, the earlier the better.

Signs of social Anxiety

1. Physical signs and symptoms

-          Mouth dryness: a result of anxiety

-          Racing heart: just like when you want to meet a girl for the first time, your heart start racing. Such is common with those with Social anxiety

-          Shortness of breath

-          Feel of being choked

-          Blushing too much

2. Mental or emotional signs

-          When you are having bad thoughts about how people will see you or what they will feel about you

-          Bad thoughts about you behaving somewhat different from others

-          When you are just being too conscious or happenings around you

-          Indulging in alcohol to feel better. This you can even make it worse by this

What is the way out for social anxiety?

There are different ways to treat social anxiety and which are therapeutic, medication and home remedy also.

Signs or symptoms of social anxiety can be physical and mental which can also be emotional

1.      Therapeutic: involves seeing experts on this issue.  Therapist in this will help in improving behavior and making the sufferer know that whatever they think about them is not for real.

2.      Medication: several medications such as Klonopin, Antivan and other types of antidepressant drugs works

Home Remedy Techniques good for your social anxiety are

• Prepare for conversation. For instance, read the newspaper to identify an interesting story you can talk about.
• Focus on personal qualities you like about yourself.
• Practice relaxation exercises.
• Adopt stress management techniques.
• Set realistic goals.
• Pay attention to how often the embarrassing situations you're afraid of actually take place. You may notice that the scenarios you fear usually don't come to pass.
• When embarrassing situations do happen, remind yourself that your feelings will pass, and you can handle them until they do.

However, you see your Doctor and will know what is best for you

                                                                                                        

 

References
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