For people with social phobia, it’s better to disappear in the masses than to be the centre of attention. They are afraid that others will find them embarrassing or strange. — dpa
“Get a grip! It’s nothing!”
Many of Dr Peter Zwanzger’s patients hear remarks like this – before they decide to see him for psychotherapeutic counselling to treat their social anxiety. “That’s why I always give my patients words of encouragement in the initial interview, ” says Zwanzger, chief physician and medical director of general psychiatry and psychosomatics at kbo-Inn-Salzach Hospital in Germany, as well as chairman of the country’s Society for Anxiety Research (GAF).
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