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Social Phobia or Social Anxiety research?
I am doing a paper on social phobia and I need some relevant research conducted in this area from Asia? There is a lot of stuff from the western side of the world, thats why I need some help finding anything done in the Asian continent

This is a very good blog, a beginner’s guide to abnormal psychology.
Short, clear and simple; and you can even post your question

http://sensitive-psychoworld.blogspot.com/

I have to write a research paper and i want to do it on phobias..i think ?
I have to write a research paper and i want to do it on phobias. ?
For english class we are going to write research papers. I really want to write it on phobias/fears.
Do you think I need to narrow down the subject more ?
~if i have to arrow it don i want to write about social fears and commitment phobia.

But I don’t know how to make it seem more like a research paper and less like an essay. My teacher said its supposed to answer a question or prove a point. He says that’s's the purpose of a research paper. He also said our papers have to have a purpose.

what would my purpose/question be ?
lastly, what kind of information should i look up ?

Thank you soso much !

P.S. If anyone has a different topic they like im open to suggestions.

Thanks again

Research papers terrify me…I don’t know why.

I have to write a research paper and i want to do it on phobias. ?
For english class we are going to write research papers. I really want to write it on phobias/fears.
Do you think I need to narrow down the subject more ?
~if i have to arrow it don i want to write about social fears and commitment phobia.

what would my purpose/question be ?
lastly, what kind of information should i look up ?

Thank you soso much !

P.S. If anyone has a different topic they like im open to suggestions.

Thanks again

you have a good topic i would certainly narrow it down however. social phobias would be a good start. You will have many things to research for example

How does the phobia effect the person?
Who is likely to have this phobia? (men/women old/young)
What is the treatment for the phobia?
How common is the phobia?
What causes the particular phobia?
what are the signs you have the phobia?

sounds like you will have an interesting paper good luck =)

Please edit my introduction paragraph for my research paper!!!!!?:)?
Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders. It affects how we feel, how we behave, and has a vivid physical symptoms. Anxiety disorders are disturbances characterized either by manifest anxiety or by behavior patterns aimed at warding off anxiety. It is important to distinguish between anxieties as a feeling or experience and an anxiety disorders as a psychiatric diagnosis because people may feel anxious without having an anxiety disorder. Anxiety Disorders affect about 40 million American adults age 18 years and older. My paper will describe the symptoms of the anxiety disorders and describe the effective treatments. My research was focused on seven major types of anxiety disorders. They are: panic disorder, phobias, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and separation anxiety. Also there are a few people I know who happened to have some of the anxiety disorders.

Anxiety Disorders
Anxiety is a relatively permanent state of unease and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders. It affects both how people feel and how they behave and can be accompanied by discernable physical symptoms. Anxiety disorders are disturbances characterized by manifest anxiety or by behavior patterns aimed at impeding anxiety. It is important to distinguish between anxieties as a feeling or experience and an anxiety disorders as a psychiatric diagnosis; people may feel anxious without suffering from an anxiety disorder. Anxiety Disorders affect some 40 million American adults aged 18 years and older. This paper will describe the symptoms of several anxiety disorders and describe the effective treatments. The research is focused on seven major types of anxiety disorders: panic disorder, phobias, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and separation anxiety.

What is an online data base ?
I am doing a research paper and have to do works cited in MLA format, http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/publications/social-phobia-social-anxiety-disorder-always-embarrassed/social-phobia-social-anxiety-disorder-always-embarrassed.shtml is this considered an online data base? if not, what would it be considered and how do i format it for MLA style works cited, Thanks!

yes that is a online database. a good work cited site is www.bibme.org it will help you to design a work cited in MLA my school allows its use. the site is pretty self explanatory.

Do you think I have OCD?
I’m not currently diagnosed with anything, but I do think I have some possible symptoms for OCD.

Intrusive Thoughts:
1. Killing myself and my loved ones

2. Sexual/homosexual acts

3. Shouting out inappropriate comments at inappropriate times (for example, I might feel an urge to start yelling obscenities while at school or church)

Obsessions:

1. Extreme religious preoccupations

2. I can’t stop labeling myself and others and thinking about labels, which has made me a sort-of hypocritical anti-label

3. I’m very superstitious – I have lucky numbers and songs/objects that I constantly fear will make me sick

4. Mental disorders – this goes along with the labeling and is one of the reasons why I’m in this forum. I’m research them hours on end – I never seem to stop thinking about this possibility that I might have this or that disorder.

5. I have social phobias – I know it’s irrational, but I’m so afraid of rejection that I can’t bring myself to talk to strangers, even if it’s just asking a clerk in a store where I can find something.

6. I have such an extreme phobia of vomit that I will run from a room if someone vomits and hyperventilate. If I feel like I am going to vomit, I hyperventilate and will often take more than the recommended dose of pepto bismol or tums. I haven’t intentionally burped in years; I suppress my burps because I’m afraid they might make me more likely to vomit. I have a similar phobia of bodily wastes – I can’t walk the family dog because I’m too scared that he will poop, etc.

7. I can’t get over the idea that someone might be hearing what I’m thinking. Sometimes, I will talk to imagined telepaths and omnicients in my head.

8. I am excessively worried about the possibility that I might be a lesbian, even though I have only been attracted to guys in the past.

9. I am addicted to the internet. I hate the internet with a fiery passion; because of it, I waste all my time on the computer.

10. I have superiority/inferiority complexes that plague me. At times, I will be narcissistic. I will have trouble grasping the concept that everyone else is just as real and concrete as me. I will feel very detached from reality. At other times, I’ll feel like I truly hate myself and that I have thought too highly of myself in the past.

11. I absolutely need to somehow justify every single thing I think, say, or do that bothers me, yet even old and minor memories will still occasionally haunt me.

Compulsions
1. To a mild extent, I hoard. I have trouble giving library books back and throwing out old papers.

2. When I get intrusive thoughts, I will often self-harm by clawing, scratching, slapping, or punching myself.

3. I can’t seem to stop picking at my face. I’ll probably have tons of acne scars in the future. I have scars already since I always pick off my scabs from cuts and bug bites.

4. I don’t know if this counts, since I’m not sure if it’s directly related to my obsessions, but I am a chronic procrastinator. It seems like a miracle that I ever get anything done.

I’m pretty sure that’s it. I have this idea that all doors MUST be closed in my room at night, and I’ll feel slightly bothered if I touch a dollar bill or a door handle or something and can’t wash my hands afterwards, but I don’t know if that has anything to do with my hypothetical OCD. Is it possible that this is OCD, or am I just angsty?

NOTE: Upon hearing stuff like this, people tend to tell me to see a cognitive behavior therapist or a psychologist or whatnot, but I am too afraid of those people to tell them how I feel (unless it’s online and not a direct voice/face conversation), so it’s probably not gonna happen. Heck, I’m too afraid to even ask my parents to take me to one of them.

Everyone has those thoughts but answer this. What if you do have OCD? What then? OCD is just the name of a condition. Then you go try to get therapy or medication.

Research that. The majority of people who go through years of expensive therapy or take all sorts of medicine to aid the issue end up worse in the end. Figure out what you want in life, and go for it. You’re simply focusing on all the bad in your life, but think about all the things you are good at. Find what you like to do and do it. You may not want to, so do like i said…do your research on people with minor psychological disorders and if medicine or therapy helped them. It may help you, who knows, but is that what you want? To be drugged up and not feel? I have news for you, those meds may block out the bad feelings, but they also block out the good feelings too. You’ll be neutral all the time, apathetic, life will lose it’s charm.

The other option is to go to a therapist. Since therapists have the potential of making a good deal of money from their clients, often times, (although they may have wonderful intentions) actually draw out the therapy process and delay really making progress with you. Why would they do that? Because you pay them based on the time you spend with them, not based on how much they are actually helping you. Often times it is in their best interest to lead you along so they can more comfortably afford the payment on their mercedes.

I am in no way saying all mental health professionals are simply in it for the money and don’t care about helping their clients, that would be absurd and untrue. What i am saying is that you run the risk of worsening your current state by placing your hope and financial resources into a cause of which you arent even certain if the outcome will be harmful or helpful.

We are not on this planet very long. Remember what you’re good at, what you love to do, what gives you pleasure, and try to focus on that. If you don’t someday it may be too late and all the joy really will be sucked out of life..

Live it up, and sorry if some parts dont make sense i was typing fast.

you can e-mail me at rmcgowan56@yahoo.com if you want to bounce some ideas off me!