Cognitive Therapy Basics

Social anxiety disorder can stem from a variety of reasons and understanding the causes can help with overcoming social anxiety and shyness.The following are some of the causes that lead to social anxiety.Causes of Social Anxiety DisorderGenetic Causes – People with a close relative suffering from social anxiety disorder are likely to have it too. Psychological Causes – Some people have a mental conditioning that does not allow them to be comfortable in social situations and even experience aggressive symptoms of reaction. They might harbor feelings of low self-worth and may panic greatly in such situations.Past Social Experiences – In most people who suffer from SAD, the social experiences that they have had in their past life play an important role. Social anxiety patients might have suffered from uneasy situations with their peers or at school. Submissive methods might have been used in their behavior modification such as using corporal punishment to train them or using comparison or humiliation techniques by their parents or teachers. They might have had some social accidents before, such as being called on stage to say something and failing at that. Such past social experiences can leave indelible marks on children and grow with them as they grow, developing into social anxiety disorder.Treatment of Social Anxiety Disorder