2024-01-10 11:48:42
Microbes making up the gut flora could cause social anxiety.
Germs, gut and social anxiety
The intestinal microbiome (i.e. all the bacteria and other organisms living in the digestive system) continues to fascinate scientists and discoveries about its involvement and its major role in the functioning of the body follow one another. Recently, in a study published in the journal PNAS (Social anxiety disorder-associated gut microbiota increases social fear, Nathaniel L. Ritz, Marta Brocka, Mary I. Butler and John F. Cryan), a team of scientists made the link between bacteria in the intestine and the development of trouble social anxiety after scientists observed that the gut microbiome of people with social anxiety disorder was different from that of people without the disorder. By injecting rodents with bacteria from people suffering from social anxiety, scientists observed that the rodents never managed to reestablish social bonds with other animals… unlike mice having received bacteria from people. healthy!
According to the MSD Manual definition, one suffers from social anxiety when the act ofbeing exposed to certain social situations or during which we are in performance arouses fear. Generally, the person suffering from social anxiety disorder will try to avoid this situation – if they can – or experience it with significant anxiety. According to the figures in the manual, over the course of a year, 2.8% of people suffer from social anxiety. Among the ‘symptoms’ that can alert you:
fear of being embarrassed or humiliated if you do not meet people’s expectations, fear of being judged if you are observed by third parties during social interactions, fear that anxiety will be visible (excessive sweating, redness of the face, tremors, quavering voice, even vomiting), unreasonable and excessive fears in relation to the real threat.
Disabling on a daily basis, social anxiety can have various repercussions on the person and those around them, hence the need to treat the anxiety disorder to take care of their mental health.
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