Work Phobias: Are you facing one of these?
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siliconindia | Monday, 18 July 2011, 08:38 IST
5.Fear of Public speaking
Glossophobia:is one of the most commonly reported social fears. While some people may feel nervous about giving a speech or presentation, if you have social anxiety disorder (SAD), the anxiety related to public speaking may take over your life. You may worry weeks or months in advance of a speech or presentation, and you will probably have extreme physical symptoms during a performance such as shaking, blushing, a pounding heart, quivering voice, and shortness of breath.
Now coming to the treatment of these phobias, therapists say it is nearly impossible to treat workplace phobias as they can seldom analyse or predict workplace situations. Many mental health experts opt to place the phobic in controlled workplace settings specifically chosen to be similar to those in which the patient's problems seemed to have occurred. These 'working trials' seem to have produced successful results.
But many therapists suggest that since these phobias are in mild forms, they can be corrected by self-help and motivational exercises or some kinds of therapy, that is by practising different or creative ways to handle situations at office. It will build the resistance power and also will help them find they way back to find out what actually instigated the problem initially. Regardless, if left untreated or unaddressed, this disorder only intensifies and creates a more adverse situation for the sufferer.
