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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Maintaining Eye Contact During Conversation

im 23 years male student doing mca.i was unable to talk face to face with any one.im feeling some problem that i cant understand.even with boys im unable to talk face to face.please help me.my eyes are irritating when i talk face to face and my cheeks are shivering
Thu, 21 Aug 2014
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Hi

I admire you for positive outlook.

It is due to social anxiety.

Cheeks shivering while conversation is the feature of anxiety.

Best way to handle this is exposure therapy.

Expose your self as much as possible in that situation and learn the way of handle this.

By experience you will learn and be confident.

But if you avoid this then your fear and anxiety will increase day by day .

So it would better to expose and try to prevent response.

After sometime you will himself feel that it is normal conversation and nothing to worry in it. But it takes sometime.

Apart from this following will helpful to counter anxiety in daily routines.

exercise
meditation
deep breathing and hyperventilation

proper sleep

stress free activity
do pleasurable activity
music and hobbies

discuss with friends
see all thing with different angle
positive outlook
confidence


I prefer tab etizolam or propranalol in such patient but only medicine will not helpful. you have to do all that i said.

In this case both are necessary.

Thank you.

Get well soon.


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Suggest Treatment For Difficulty In Maintaining Eye Contact During Conversation

Hi I admire you for positive outlook. It is due to social anxiety. Cheeks shivering while conversation is the feature of anxiety. Best way to handle this is exposure therapy. Expose your self as much as possible in that situation and learn the way of handle this. By experience you will learn and be confident. But if you avoid this then your fear and anxiety will increase day by day . So it would better to expose and try to prevent response. After sometime you will himself feel that it is normal conversation and nothing to worry in it. But it takes sometime. Apart from this following will helpful to counter anxiety in daily routines. exercise meditation deep breathing and hyperventilation proper sleep stress free activity do pleasurable activity music and hobbies discuss with friends see all thing with different angle positive outlook confidence I prefer tab etizolam or propranalol in such patient but only medicine will not helpful. you have to do all that i said. In this case both are necessary. Thank you. Get well soon.