What is the difference between social phobia, inferiority, shyness and introversion?

Social fear: fear of meeting people, strangers and socializing.

Characteristics of social fear: once you find that others are paying attention to you, you will be unnatural, afraid to look up, afraid to look at others, even ashamed, afraid to speak in public, afraid to sit in front of the assembly, so you avoid socializing, which will lead to social isolation in extreme cases.

Inferiority: Inferiority refers to the emotional experience caused by underestimating yourself when compared with others.

Characteristics of inferiority: easy to despise yourself.

Shy: feel embarrassed; Awkward. Or because of timidity, fear of strangers or fear of being laughed at, you can also be embarrassed.

Shy characteristics: I am worried that my shortcomings will be exposed to the sun, which will make others look down on me. So I dare not confess. The more you express yourself, the more you feel afraid.

Ordinary people are also afraid. Shy people are psychologically sensitive and overly afraid. You will feel blushing and your heart will beat faster.

Introversion: Mentally, it refers to a direction of temperament. People's words, thoughts and emotions often point inward, indicating that the excitement process of the nervous system is dominant.

Introverted characteristics: quiet, withdrawn, introspective, like to be alone and not in contact with people. Be conservative and keep a certain distance from others. Tend to do things in a planned way, look ahead and look back, not impulsive. The laws of daily life are rigorous. Follow ethical concepts. Do things reliably.

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Psychotherapy of social phobia

Behavioral therapy is the first choice to treat phobia. Systematic desensitization therapy and exposure shock therapy have good effects on social phobia. The first basic principle is to eliminate the conditional connection between the object of fear and anxiety and fear response.

The second is to fight avoidance reaction. Many patients have learned to avoid objects and scenes that frighten them during the course of the disease without affecting their daily social functions.

2. Systematic desensitization therapy is widely used, which can be divided into real desensitization and imaginary desensitization. The first stage is relaxation training. In the second stage, patients are asked to list the situations that induce social fear in turn according to the severity of fear response.

Then, from the situation that causes the weakest fear response, let the patients be in it one by one, or imagine themselves in these situations. Every step is to let the patient adapt and feel completely relaxed, and then continue to make the next tense situation until the strongest situation does not cause fear.

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