Effective Treatment For Social Phobias And Social Anxiety Disorders

Effective Treatment For Social Phobias And Social Anxiety Disorders

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Social Phobia, also known as Social Anxiety Disorder is probably the commonest form of anxiety disorder in existence.

In fact, it's so common that it is believed to affect somewhere around 10% of the entire population in one degree or another.

What's more, it can affect absolutely anyone - from housewife to movie star.

Renowned entertainers who have spent years in the public eye -- from Barbara Streisland to Kim Basinger -- have spoken publicly of their experience and recovery from social phobia and anxiety.

And the effects of Social Anxiety Disorder and social phobia can be truly debilitating, if not devastating.

Actual physical symptoms often accompany this particular disorder and these can include increased heart rate and palpitations, sweating and blushing, shaking and trembling, stammering and nausea. In acute cases, the person may feel dizzy and as if he or she is about to pass out.

All this, of course, simply serves to intensify the fear.

The real fear behind this particular disorder is often the fear of being evaluated and judged negatively by others. This fear or apprehension can make the person afraid of doing anything that might prove embarrassing to them in public.

Some of the really common forms are fear of general or specific social encounters and social interaction, fear of public speaking, fear of dealing with authority figures, fear of exams, fear of public speaking and fear regarding sexual performance.

Very often this disorder has its origins in childhood and infancy.

In fact, the World Psychiatric Association has estimated that about 40% of such phobias originate before the age of 10, and an enormous 95% manifest themselves before the age of 20. This is usually the case, even when the actual symptoms do not become painfully apparent until later in life.

Left unresolved and untreated, depression can develop and some may turn to alcohol and drugs in order to cope.

All too frequently the medical response to social phobia and Social Anxiety Disorder is to simply drug it, often with anti-anxiety medication - particularly favored are drugs from the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor group (SSIRs) such as paroxetine (Paxil or Seroxat).

When psychotherapy is offered, it is usually in the form of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT).

Yet, while both these strategies can provide relief to some sufferers, the emphasis is on controlling the symptoms rather than treating the underlying drivers, or cause.

And, in the experience of this therapist, as long as the drivers remain intact then, sooner or later, the anxiety will return - and all too often with a vengeance.

There is another way.

You see, the subconscious mind - that repository of beliefs - is merely attempting to protect the person from what it perceives to be danger, and so is manufacturing intense feelings of anxiey or fear so that he or she will be kept safe from harm. Of course, the subconsious mind has got things wrong. It's basing its response upon prior conditioning which is simply no longer appropriate.

With modern advanced hypnotherapy techniques we can reach deep within the subconscious mind, to where those feelings are generated, and adjust the faulty beliefs that are keeping the anxiety 'program' running.

Once achieved, the actual symptoms - social phobia and social anxiety - just become extinct because there is nothing there to drive them anymore.

If you have been struggling with the really debilitating effects of social phobia or social anxiety disorder, do not give up -- effective help is available.

With modern and advanced hypnotherapy techniques, you can be returned to your true nature and be released from that old anxiety and fear for good.

About the Author:
Peter Field is a leading British hypnotherapist with busy clinics in London and Birmingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Health and a Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Click here for Peter's free hypnosis download . More of his absorbing articles may be found on his website: Peter Field Hypnotherapy Hypnotherapists UK



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