Is afraid of being judged by others?
Scientists have found that people with social phobia respond differently to negative comments about themselves, other people do.
What characterizes this phobia is fear and avoid social situations, and fear to be judged negatively by others, say the authors. It is certainly the most common anxiety disorder among the general population.
If you have social phobia also There is an increased risk of depression and other forms of self-destructive behaviors. We need other people to feel good. We need a social network to function properly as human humans.
Studies have shown that people with the phobia tend to have greater emotional responsiveness to social interactions.
This research published in the Archives of General Psychiatry (October 2008) was conducted using brain imaging technology, also known as MRI.
How did this study
This study was carried-out by fMRI brain scans.
First they scanned the brains of 17 people who were socially phobic, but I was not taking any medication. And then those who compared a number Like the control subjects who were of the same age, sex and IQ, but he had no social phobia.
The brain scans were taken while the test subject to read several statements – positive, negative or neutral. "You're beautiful" could be an example of positive affirmation. "I look awful – no. "You are human beings" – neutral. The statements can refer themselves or another person, for example, "She's beautiful."
What were the results?
When people with social anxiety disorder (phobia) read negative comments about themselves could see the blood flow to the amygdala and prefrontal cortex increased. These are the parts of the brain that are associated with a person's self-concept, but also fear, fight or flight emotions and stress.
The conclusion of the authors was that the medial prefrontal cortex and amgydala, in relation to each with others, can play a crucial role in the development of generalized social phobia.
So having a negative attitude itself can contribute Social Phobia.
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David D. Jackson
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