Fear of people very often prevents a person from realizing himself in a profession that requires the ability to communicate. However, such phobias affect not only the professional sphere of life, but also the personal one, forcing a person to refuse to communicate with other people. To overcome this fear, you need to analyze the situations in which you experience it, understand its cause and take a step towards it.
Instructions
Step 1
Fear is a protective function of consciousness. Fear arises from a sense of self-preservation when a person is physically or psychologically in danger. But when this fear goes beyond all reasonable limits, it develops into a phobia, which is very difficult to overcome on your own. But if the fear of spiders does not complicate life, then the fear of communication prevents a person from realizing one of his main functions - social.
Step 2
Causes of Fear of People One of the main reasons is inadequate self-esteem. Every time a person is faced with criticism (most often unfounded) and misunderstanding, he loses confidence in himself and his own capabilities. If you do not work with this problem at this stage, then the person begins to close off from other people, he has a persistent feeling that he is not like the others, that he is superfluous. Very often the reason for the fear of communication lies in childhood. If, as a child, a person experienced an unpleasant situation when he was offended by his peers, expelled from their society, laughed at him, then he could quite naturally have a defensive reaction - he began to be afraid of people. Much less often, the fear of communication is associated with a lack of experience of interaction with society. This is possible if from the very birth a person is forced, and at an older age and consciously, is isolated from society. Lacking the practice of communication, he naturally experiences fear of the unknown.
Step 3
Ways to Overcome Fear of People The only way to overcome fear is to do what you fear most. You will need to take your life in hand and begin to expand the external and internal boundaries. Store To complete this exercise, you need to go to a home appliance store, contact a consultant and ask to tell you in detail about the product you are interested in. The main thing is not to buy anything. This exercise will not only help you learn how to communicate with strangers, but also say "no" to them without further remorse. Passers-by Passers-by will need to ask for directions. Approach, ask to indicate in detail how to get to a specific object. After each conversation, be sure to praise yourself for defeating your fear. Phone You will need a directory of organizations and the phone itself. Take an hour of your time for this exercise. Call companies of various profiles, specify their opening hours, range of goods and services, ask to describe something in more detail. Alternatively, calls to employers. So you can solve two problems at once - to overcome the fear of communication and find a suitable job.
Step 4
If you exercise regularly, then very soon you yourself will be amazed at how easily you began to communicate with people.
