How to diagnose social phobia? Three symptoms are the most obvious!

In medicine, phobia refers to the patient's strong and unnecessary fear of certain specific objects, and avoidance behavior will also occur, which not only affects work but also affects daily life. So, in more detail, what are the manifestations of social phobia?

1. Fear of being noticed by others

Fear of making embarrassing remarks or gestures or having awkward expressions; fear of being tongue-tied in front of others; fear of looking ugly while eating because of being stared at; fear of having trembling hands and being unable to write; fear of vomiting in public; avoiding seeing people and all public places; anxiety, blushing, panic, trembling, sweating, nausea, urgency to urinate, etc.; fear of not being able to urinate in public toilets due to fear.

2. Fear of blushing:

Most people often blush in front of others because of shyness or embarrassment, but patients with erythrophobia are overly anxious about this and feel that blushing in front of others is a very shameful thing. Finally, because the symptoms become fixed, they are very afraid of being in front of others. Patients have been trying to hide their blushing and try not to be noticed by others, and they are very distressed. Patients are afraid of being in front of others. When taking a public bus, they always feel that they are under the attention of the public. Finally, they dare not even take a public bus. For example, there is a student patient with erythrophobia who feels painful to take the public bus to school. He always rushes to get on the bus when others have boarded and the bus is about to leave, so as to avoid people's attention. Because he will face others directly when sitting down, he simply stands at the door of the bus to hide his blushing face. Another example is a student patient who cannot take the bus due to fear of blushing and has to take a taxi or simply walk. When he has to take the bus, he drinks a glass of wine in advance so that others will think that his blushing is caused by drinking, so as to comfort himself, or he runs as fast as he can to get on the bus, unbuttons his clothes, and uses something to fan himself so that others will believe that his blushing is caused by running to cover up his blushing.

3. Expression of fear:

Patients are always worried that their facial expressions will cause others to dislike them, or that they will be looked down upon by others, and they are panic-stricken about this. Fear of facial expressions is often related to the eyes. Patients think that their eyes are intimidating to others, or that their eyes are dull, etc. There was a patient with fear of facial expressions. He stubbornly believed that his eyes were too big and his eyeballs were protruding, which made people look down upon him. He also believed that his expression was always angry, which would definitely make others unhappy. He thought hard and actually used adhesive tape to stick to the corners of his eyes, thinking that this would make his eyes smaller, but the eyes were subjected to great tension, which was very painful and difficult to last.