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Social phobia

Today I would like to share with you some of the recent readings I have come across on my personal growth journey. Often our progress in the self improvement and personal development is affected by social anxiety disorder [S.A.D.] This is also known as social phobia. I have read an interesting description of this which goes like-social phobia is an excessive worry fear or concern of what others may think about us.

While I agree that the opinions of others should matter and in a civilized world we are concerned about other people’s opinions. It is when someone’s feelings show an exaggerated concern for public opinions so much so that it goes beyond that need to simply relates to others for our mutual benefit that we should worry because this can effect our personal growth potential.

Social phobia occurs in our imagination as we often unconsciously assume [making an ass of you and me] that other people will see us as awkward, stupid, cursed, or with some other unacceptable quality. With our vivid imagination and the passing of time we may even sink to the level of believing that we are have those perceived unacceptable qualities.

What I believe we are really frightened of is not other people’s judgments of us rather our own emotional reactions to their judgments, whether these are real or imaginary. The bottom line is that what we are really afraid of our own private and personal experiences of feeling ashamed, guilty, rejected, embarrassed, or humiliated. These feelings can be very painful and even crippling and needs to be dealt with properly.

More to come …

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