People Phobia: Agoraphobia and its burden on the sufferer
October 23rd, 2010
Matt Collins asked:
People phobia, also known as agoraphobia, often describes the fear of embarrassment in front of others. Subconsciously, they feel their people phobia is a sign of weakness, something else to be embarrassed about. It is not uncommon to have agoraphobia cause a vicious circle in which their shame of being ashamed causes even more shame, and on and on.
Many who have people phobia will hide inside their homes all day, because they feel that is the only time they feel in control of the situation. They know that if there is no one present to be embarrassed in front of, they can’t feel embarrassed. For them, the feelings of shame overrule all sense of logic. Their fear is so empowering that they fail to think straight, and often perform less that satisfactory at their jobs and with other social situations.
Physical symptoms of people phobia include: sweating, blushing, not making eye contact, unreasonable nervousness, nausea, and stomach pains. These symptoms of are also the same symptoms of anxiety, and for a good reason. People phobia is actually a subset of anxiety, in other words..anxiety causes people phobia.
One of the main reasons people have such a fear of others is because their ego is so frail and their self-esteem is so small, that any perceived judgment on them is an attack on their already frail ego. They spend every moment of their time around people hoping that no one will say or do anything that will upset them to the point where their ego will shatter and never be able to recover.
Although many turn to drugs for help with agoraphobia, the drugs never actually cure anybody of anything. The people phobia and anxiety always returns, sometimes worse than before. One needs to get to the heart of the issue to end it for good.
Genetta
People phobia, also known as agoraphobia, often describes the fear of embarrassment in front of others. Subconsciously, they feel their people phobia is a sign of weakness, something else to be embarrassed about. It is not uncommon to have agoraphobia cause a vicious circle in which their shame of being ashamed causes even more shame, and on and on.
Many who have people phobia will hide inside their homes all day, because they feel that is the only time they feel in control of the situation. They know that if there is no one present to be embarrassed in front of, they can’t feel embarrassed. For them, the feelings of shame overrule all sense of logic. Their fear is so empowering that they fail to think straight, and often perform less that satisfactory at their jobs and with other social situations.
Physical symptoms of people phobia include: sweating, blushing, not making eye contact, unreasonable nervousness, nausea, and stomach pains. These symptoms of are also the same symptoms of anxiety, and for a good reason. People phobia is actually a subset of anxiety, in other words..anxiety causes people phobia.
One of the main reasons people have such a fear of others is because their ego is so frail and their self-esteem is so small, that any perceived judgment on them is an attack on their already frail ego. They spend every moment of their time around people hoping that no one will say or do anything that will upset them to the point where their ego will shatter and never be able to recover.
Although many turn to drugs for help with agoraphobia, the drugs never actually cure anybody of anything. The people phobia and anxiety always returns, sometimes worse than before. One needs to get to the heart of the issue to end it for good.
Genetta
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