Are they really laughing at you? Or is it all in your head?
Psychologists will tell you: its all in your head, you have to really tell yourself that. whenever you are feeling social anxiety, you need to tell yourself its not real...
I KNOW ITS NOT REAL! I KNOW ITS ALL IN MY HEAD!
I find it laughable when I hear this and I hear this all the time! I've been telling myself its all in my head all my life and this "tactic" has not helped! I still have all the physical and psychological symptoms.
Incidentally, the concept of "are they laughing at me" is a recognized condition in itself!
gelotophobia: fear of being laughed at
Obviously gelotophobia and social anxiety have a lot in common. For example, both involve social withdrawal. A research study showed Titze (2009) outlined the similarities and differences between gelotophobia and social phobia and concluded that a person’s biased belief that her or his self is intolerably ridiculous is one of the discriminating factors.
Source:
> Platt, T., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2010). A lifetime of fear of being laughed at. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 43, 36-4.
Psychologists will tell you: its all in your head, you have to really tell yourself that. whenever you are feeling social anxiety, you need to tell yourself its not real...
I KNOW ITS NOT REAL! I KNOW ITS ALL IN MY HEAD!
I find it laughable when I hear this and I hear this all the time! I've been telling myself its all in my head all my life and this "tactic" has not helped! I still have all the physical and psychological symptoms.
Incidentally, the concept of "are they laughing at me" is a recognized condition in itself!
gelotophobia: fear of being laughed at
Obviously gelotophobia and social anxiety have a lot in common. For example, both involve social withdrawal. A research study showed Titze (2009) outlined the similarities and differences between gelotophobia and social phobia and concluded that a person’s biased belief that her or his self is intolerably ridiculous is one of the discriminating factors.
Source:
> Platt, T., Ruch, W., & Proyer, R. T. (2010). A lifetime of fear of being laughed at. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 43, 36-4.