Being gay and hate is an abomination what about social phobia. We’re not suppose to be anti- sociable just want ideas.

we have this strange joke that we use to creep people out:
“i’m afraid of air and breathing! and whenever i’m afraid i hyperventilate! which makes it worse!”
then you scream and run away

aren’t we interesting lol

Put another way, social anxiety is the fear and anxiety of being judged and evaluated negatively by other people, leading to feelings of inadequacy, embarrassment, humiliation, and depression. If a person usually becomes anxious in social situations, but seems fine when they are alone, then “social anxiety” may be the problem.
Social anxiety disorder (social phobia) is a much more common problem than past estimates have led us to believe. Millions of people all over the world suffer from this devastating and traumatic problem every day of their lives, either from a specific social phobia or from a more generalized social phobia. In the United States, epidemiological studies have recently pegged social anxiety disorder as the third largest psychological disorder in the country.

A specific social phobia would be the fear of speaking in front of groups, whereas generalized social anxiety indicates that the person is anxious, nervous, and uncomfortable in almost all (or the majority of) social situations.

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Ponder an existence restricted by anxiety and terror, in which each action is analyzed and even the least decision is angst-ridden. Extensive time is exhausted examining daily responsibilities or situations that many people handle easily. According to the National Institute of Health, nearly 40 million people in the United States who suffer from anxiety disorders are inflicted with this type of reality.

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Social phobia can develop for a variety of reasons. The disorder starts in childhood or young adulthood and may grow by slow degrees as time passes. While this phobia often presents itself at a young age, it can stay with a person for years or decades and can snowball into an even greater problem.

Some of the reasons that the phobia occurs include:

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The answer isn’t as easy as you might think. Fear is an emotion which develops out of uncertainty. And uncertainty itself is, basically, the perceived inability to control. Put this way it appears very simple – fear is not real, fear is just a perception. If only we could convince ourselves of that! Much is still unknown about what causes phobias. However, there may be a strong correlation between your phobias and the phobias of your parents. Children may learn phobias by observing a family member’s phobic reaction to an object or a situation. An example of a common learned phobia may be the fear of snakes. The biggest trigger of fear is the thought of the “unknown” – that is, when we are confronted or experiencing particular situations, we are not exactly sure of what will happen to us and how it will ultimately affect us. Or in some instances, we jump ahead of ourselves and imagine what the outcome of a situation will be, which is usually ten times worse than the actual reality of the situation.

Phobias often begin with a sudden trigger, a minor or major traumatic event. A phobia can begin because of an unpleasant or frightening experience involving a particular object or situation. This situation generally occurs in childhood and persists through to adult remaining with the person almost as if it’s a part of them.

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I have been searching for this for a long time now and haven’t had any luck. Even information on a therapist with special training in social phobia/social anxiety would help a lot.

Thanks in advance for the feedback.

Can anyone help with this one? Thanks!

Exposure therapy as treatment for Social Phobia is exactly what it sounds like, exposing your mind and body to that which you fear. By gradually exposing and training your mind that the feared event is not as horrible as you think it is, you are working to desensitize yourself to the stimulus. 

A). During exposure therapy, you expose yourself to small doses of the feared event and increase the duration of exposure over time. If you are afraid of talking in groups, start by imagining yourself in front of groups, then speak in front of a couple of family members or close friends, then a couple of acquaintances and build up to a room full of strangers. 

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I am terrified of the Burger King man and any person who wears a mask and doesn’t speak and I was wondering if there was a name for this fear I have.

P.S If you’re not gonna answer my question with something I applicable don’t bother to answer @ all.