| If you are 1 out of the millions of people experiencing | | | | widely used and is being recommended by lots of |
| social anxiety and you are feeling really helpless feeling | | | | psychologists and therapists. |
| there is nobody to help you, then you are wrong. | | | | Cognitive behavior therapy has a chance to produce |
| There are many more people suffering from this | | | | some long term changes in our lives but only when |
| disorder. You have a chance of being hit by social | | | | used consistently and hence this cognitive behavior |
| anxiety if you have a problem with extreme shyness. | | | | therapy has been very successful as a treatment for |
| A few things that make the social anxiety patient | | | | social anxiety. But this result can be obtained provided |
| fearful and stressed are: | | | | the patient has no such health issues as dementia, |
| - Being teased or criticized | | | | brain damage, Alzheimer's disease which might |
| - Getting to meet new people | | | | contribute to social anxiety. This cognitive behavior |
| - Having all the attention | | | | therapy will tell upon many types of cognitive times in |
| - Seeing people who work in authorities position (some | | | | our lives, which helps with our beliefs and new |
| important people like supervisor) | | | | thoughts that comes up in our brain. |
| - Being watched while working on something | | | | Medication is another treatment for social anxiety |
| - Most of the social gatherings | | | | which is most of the times recommended with |
| - Having interpersonal relations, friendly or romantic | | | | cognitive behavior therapy. Anti-anxiety, |
| You might be having social anxiety if these symptoms | | | | anti-depressant drugs, beta-blockers are few types of |
| apply to you and the way you feel being social. Don't | | | | medications for physical symptoms which are helpful |
| lose hope and think that you are the only person | | | | for social anxiety. Though there might be a feeling on |
| having this problem and no one will come forward to | | | | the 1st day of taking the anti-depressant, it takes a |
| help you. There are quite a few types of successful | | | | few weeks for the drugs to act on the brain and the |
| social anxiety medicine available today. | | | | body and produce an actual effect on you. Medication |
| Cognitive-behavior therapy is one of the leading | | | | actually just helps to lessen the anxiety while |
| successful types of social anxiety treatments available | | | | undergoing the therapy and does not completely cure |
| today. Basically, cognitive behavior works with the | | | | the social anxiety. Medication must not be taken in |
| brain and how and what we think. Since how we feel | | | | your treatment for social anxiety alongside with the |
| seems to be the major part on social anxiety, this | | | | therapy. The therapy can be availed as an individual or |
| therapy is a really good way of treatment for social | | | | group therapy. Only a trained therapist can |
| anxiety. It teaches us on new ways of thinking and | | | | recommend what you need best based on the needs. |
| how to behave in social places. Cognitive behavior is | | | | |