If someone is scared of spiders, no one tells them to force their fear of spiders to go away. 

If someone is afraid of snakes, you wouldn’t make them face their fear. In fact, you might even ask them what makes them so afraid of these things. 

So why is this never the approach with social phobia? Whenever I am fed up with the loneliness, the crushing isolation, I go to the doctors and therapists like I’m supposed to. And all they tell me is “face my fear in small steps”. *”maybe try this medication until you’re more comfortable.”*

It’s all temporary, or it doesn’t work at all. I’m just so frustrated with it all. Does *anything* fix this?