Social Anxiety In Children

Social Anxiety disorder it means that some people will end up taking more time than others to get comfortable having people around them. Learning more about this will help parents encourage children to gain some confidence and start to make more relationships with their family members and other people. Learning more about this disorder will inspire them to help other people that have some of the same struggles that they have, it will help to benefit other people to know that their friends and families are there to help them. Some children have anxieties when they are around their families, sometimes even when they are at a big family reunion. The more time parents spend helping their children learn what life is really about, will help them …show more content…
The other type of treatment is the Pharmacotherapy that is used for social anxiety. The type of social phobia that causes the most insecurities in children is Sequelae of social phobia. This means that the child has low self-esteem, less confidence, they do not take criticism lightly and they have trouble with their social life in general. The way to help the children conquer this type of anxiety is to be positive, and help them learn that they are fabulous in their special way that is one of a …show more content…
The most prominent treatment options for each child is different for each type of social anxiety. The most used treatment is the cognitive-behavioral therapy which helps to allow the children to calm themselves with meditation by just focusing on a place in their minds when they were the happiest or where they had the most memories and focus on remembering all the smells, people, sounds that made that place so special. The effectiveness for each treatment changes with each child and how severe the anxiety levels are. The level of social anxiety can lead to any type of life long effects for example living at home for so long that they have fears of moving away from that comforting place. How each treatment is effective to each child depends on how old the child is and what type of anxiety that certain child has. To help a child overcome their social or generalized anxiety is to start exposing them to different situations, by starting out with a small gathering then see if they are ready to take the next step and keep going with more exposer until crowds or people become less anxiety provoking so they can start to have