Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Conquering Shyness and Social Anxiety in Teenagers

Excessive and Inadequate Social Phobia Symptoms In Teenagers

Fear and social phobia Symptoms in teenagers-are often afraid to meet new people, go to school, or join with friends. Maybe he had a Social Phobia. If it is not resolved, then it could interfere with its social developmentMany children who are shy or have undergone a period of "awkward" not confident while a teenager. It turns out not only because of the fear of dealing in the neighborhood association.

According to recent studies by the National Institute of Mental Health, teenagers who call themselves the "shy" actually suffer from Social Phobia name. Some experts argue, is still hesitant to classify social phobia as a mental disorder.


This shows that the "treat" the shame is normal and caused excessive care to adolescents in the past, only refers to someone who is considered to be closed or introvert.

After conducting a survey of more than 10000 children between the ages of 13 and 18, as well as their parents, 6000 concluded that Social Phobia is actually a psychological disorder that weakens the soul children and could affect approximately one in ten children "shy".


"Teens are asked to rate their shyness around people age bracket that they don't know very well on a scale of four to one. Meanwhile, parents were asked to rate their children on the same question, "said Kathleen Merikangas, a companion study author and head of the Department of Genetic Epidemiology Research Branch at the National Institute of Mental Health.

Conquering Shyness and Social Anxiety in Teenager

Shyness is very common among those surveyed, i.e. approximately 47 per cent of children who reported that they were shy and 62 percent of parents report their child is shy. Analysis and research of experts about social phobia.

The researchers found that in a small subset of those claiming to be shy, shame it was only one symptom of a larger psychological problem, that of Social Phobia. "Embarrassment is the temperamental nature of owns the difference at each stage of development (children and adolescents). Shy people do not always disturbed byhuman nature, "Merikangas said as quoted from ABC News Medical Unit," AlthoughSocial Phobia can be considered as extreme forms of shame, there is no overlap, "he said.

Merikangas said, not like they are just shy, people with Social Phobia was sapped by fear when interacting social, impaired in their ability to work on tasks, and participate in social activities as well as family relationships.

They often experience severe anxiety reaction during her social interactions, including flushes, sweating, heart pounding fast, and shaking. "People with Social Phobia reported reaction to a perceived really excessive and unreasonable. And, they feel suffer because could not relieve the extreme fearreactions, "he said.

Those who experience Social Phobia is also more likely to experience psychological problems, such as anxiety disorders, depressionexcessive behavior, and drug abuseHowever, they do not like if had to undergo psychiatric treatment. As a result, the teens with the disorder are not getting the help it needs.

"The study results also showed that the majority of young people with social phobia do not receive proper and effective treatment," said Dr. David Fassler, a clinical professor of Psychiatry at the University of Vermont College of Medicine.

How to identify Social Phobia? And, when a sense of awkward towards the social environment is categorized as a psychiatric disorder?

"Although the researchers argue that social phobia is the psychiatric disorders which are somewhat separate from normal shyness, two personalities is the same spectrum,"call Dr. Mark Reinecke, Head Psychologist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, may be useful.


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