Social Anxiety and social phobia

At Fareham Hypnotherapy Clinic treatment for social anxiety is very common. Social Anxiety, or Sociophobia, is a very broad term for a multitude of embarrassing symptoms. Briefly Sociophobia is a fear of being around, having to interact with, being criticised, watched or negatively judged by others.

SYMPTOMS OF SOCIAL ANXIETY CAN INCLUDE:

• Blushing or sweating or feeling hot and bothered when put 'on the spot'
• Stuttering or stammering
• Going 'blank' when somebody puts you 'on the spot'
• Shaking
• Feeling shy or lacking in confidence
• Not wanting to be the centre of attention
• Fear of being judged
• Fear of failure
• Fear of authority
• Fear of eating in front of other people or writing in front of other people (e.g. signing cheques or filling out forms)
• Shy bladder syndrome (also known as shy pee; bashful bladder; paruresis; toilet phobia)
• Fear of public speaking or making presentations
• Performance related anxiety including sexual performance
• Social phobics are usually good at concealing the above
• Fear of being scrutinised
• Hating being criticised
• Hating meetings especially at work or with bosses
  

These are just a few of the many symptoms of Social or Performance Anxiety but you don't have to hide away from the outside world any longer.

In reality Social Anxiety (SA) is a crippling condition that, for many, gets very little sympathy or help. For most of us it is unimaginable that a visit to a supermarket or a simple get-together with friends could mean a sense of dread that causes nausea, sweating, trembling, blushing and overwhelming anxiety. For people sufferring from SA these are daily trials that have to be endured - but do they?

CURE FOR SOCIAL ANXIETY

Pure Hypnoanalysis is by far the easiest and gentlest way of dealing with this very common problem, plus the resolution is PERMANENT.

We are dealing here with cause and effect - the anxiety is a symptom of a bottled up emotion. At some time in your life you have pushed down the emotions created by an experience rather than letting them out and dealing with them - of course this experience could have occurred when you were too young to understand so you were unable to deal with the emotion.

Pure Hypnoanalysis will allow you to re-visit these emotional experiences and use your 'grown up' emotions to deal, finally, with the problem. This, along with positive suggestions for calm confidence, will mean that instead of dreading having to interact with people, you can actually enjoy it!

For more information on anxiety, the symptoms, causes and treatment see Avon Hypnotherapy's excellent website Anxiety Matters - Help, information and resources on anxiety. Paul Douglass is a fellow member of the IAPH and provides a wealth of information on anxiety, and anxiety resources. From anxiety symptoms such as social phobia (social anxiety), panic attacks (anxiety attacks), phobias (e.g. commitment phobia), effects of stress and strain, depression, separation anxiety, vaginismus, emetophobia (the fear of being sick / vomiting), lack of confidence, to help and treatment for anxiety such as hypnotherapy (hypnosis), ‘pure’ hypnoanalysis, CBT, therapy, stress relief and confidence building.