SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING A USER TO OVERCOME SOCIAL ANXIETY

摘要

A system is provided for enabling a user to overcome social anxiety. The system is configured to enable the user to engage in a first and a second activity in a virtual environment, directed to rewire a first and a second defective wiring, respectively. The first defective wiring results in an individual give priority to threatening information in social environments. The second defective wiring results in fear of negative evaluation by others. Symptom of the first and the second defective wirings is social anxiety. Engagement in the second activity is enabled after the user has at least participated in the first activity. Automated instructions are provided to the user to engage in activities performed in a real world environment directed to rewire the first and the second defective wiring.