Do you think the main reason why people have social phobia, is from bad experiences??
2007-02-19 14:40:04 · 9 answers · asked by *What Goes Around Comes Around 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I have nothing to base this opinion on except experience. I have seen children very young that have nothing but love and approval yet are very shy. Shyness must enter into the answer as well as past experiences. It could be either or both. I also believe that's why a lot of people drink. To overcome their shyness and be able to be sociable. It's definitely not the best solution though and can cause a lot of problems.
2007-02-19 15:09:52 · answer #1 · answered by Peg G 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a mix of genetics and environment. I believe I was born with a tendency to be shy. This trait worsened over time and became full-blown social phobia before I was 10, due to my having grown up in a dysfunctional family. Things I witnessed and experienced in my chaotic environment left a very permanent imprint on me. It still is there to this day. I'm 21, and while I have gotten over it (the past is the past), the way I coped with it all has definitely impacted how I deal with people.
2007-02-22 22:57:52 · answer #2 · answered by terra_incognita 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This would make complete sense.
One doesn't have, normally, a fear of something; i.e. social phobia without first experiencing something *bad*.
Take a roller coaster for example. This could become two-fold here. It looks like fun, so you give it a go....climb on, strap in....go for a wild ride...and when its all over.....you get off and puke your guts out in front of the 50 other people that just rode the roller coaster with you. They didn't puke.
You did :(
Now, you not only have a fear - dislike/hatred of roller coasters....but you are embarassed and slowly start to develop a social phobia because you puked your guts out in front of 50 strangers.
*No ones looking at me, right?*
2007-02-19 22:50:33 · answer #3 · answered by L ♥ L ♥ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that is where many phobias come from. The bad experiences stick in the brain and the phobia is our bodies defense mechanism built in trying to caution us from making the same mistake twice.
2007-02-19 22:48:17 · answer #4 · answered by sup 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think so because people can only go through so much before choosing to shut themselves off from everyone else. I'm living proof of that; in school I was teased a lot by classmates and every time I made friends, they talked behind my back. Whenever, I approached my so-called "friends" they all went separated themselves from me because they couldn't take me telling them how I felt. As a result of going through this with each and every school year, I decided to seperate myself from people and chose not to make anymore friends. I wouldn't say I have a social phobia but I don't feel comfortable knowing that the people I choose to make friends with would do that to me and be okay with it.
2007-02-19 23:00:22 · answer #5 · answered by Dimples 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think this is how any phobia comes to be...We may not remember what happened, maybe we were frightened in a dream or when we were too little to remember, or we have learned this phobia by others reactions to certain things, but yes, it is from previous experiences..
2007-02-19 22:50:41 · answer #6 · answered by ♥Minnie Mouse♥ 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Probably so unless they were paranoid too! But then The Bad Experiences could be What Made them Paranoid too though! @8-) So Yes! That would make Sense for Some anyway. You made me think! Thanks!
2007-02-19 23:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by Dovey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. they have been hurt by others. Let's face it there are people that appear to go out of their way to be hurtful.
2007-02-19 22:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by copestir 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
that's how it is with me. just remind yourself that just because things turned out that way before, it doesn't mean that that's how it will turn out every time.
2007-02-19 22:54:46 · answer #9 · answered by rt1290 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋