Getting To Know Social Anxiety Disorders, Situation Phobia Involving Interaction With Others

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JAKARTA - Social anxiety disorders or also known as social phobias are mental health disorders that involve discomfort in social situations. Where a person feels afraid of being humiliated and judged by others. Social anxiety can cause isolation or self-reducing that can contribute to the setback of social skills and self-confidence, thereby strengthening existing social anxiety.

As written on the Psych Central page, Wednesday, May 8, the Mental Disorder Diagnostic and Statistics Manual, the fifth edition (DSM-5) lists the following diagnostic criteria for social anxiety disorders:

As for the trigger, there are several things, namely;

Social anxiety disorders can be handled in several ways, namely;

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)

Most experts in the field of mental health therapy advise people with social anxiety disorders to follow cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Thousands of current studies have shown that, after the completion of CBT specifically for social anxiety, people with social anxiety disorders have mostly received positive changes.

CBT specifically for social anxiety usually involves the following interventions:

Group therapy

Group therapy has proven to have a high level of success for individuals experiencing social anxiety. Because these therapies expose them to social relationships with others struggling with the same problem and help people build a supportive environment for recovery.

Exposure therapy

This type of therapy can reduce symptoms of social phobia. The trick is to involve gradual self-employment in situations that trigger anxiety, and associate feared stimulus with relaxation or indifference responses. It is also known as systematic desensitization, and is a very effective proof-based phobia treatment, including social phobia.

Eye movement desensitization repossing (EMDR)

This therapy helps change the way the brain stores memories. EMDR therapists can help you change the way you think about social situations through the process of targeting negative memories while utilizing bilateral stimulation techniques (such as eye movements, sound movements, or handheld devices.) This technique removes your negativity from thinking, which is related to social experiences, replacing it with a more positive picture.

Taking medicine

Taking medication is a short-term treatment for all types of anxiety, including social anxiety. Taking medication will not fix social anxiety in the long term because it only treats the symptoms of the disorder and is not the underlying problem.