Social anxiety disorder, formerly known as social phobia, is the third most common mental health condition after substance use disorders and depression and can affect anyone. However, that warning sign usually appears before a person turns 20. An increasing number of fictional works actively address mental issues, especially anime, shedding a good light and a positive perspective on dark and heavy issues that people tend to avoid.
of Botch the Rock! Hitori Goto “Bocchi” still feels uneasy, but the character’s condition has improved relatively greatly. At the beginning of this anime series, it can be said that she had an extreme level of social anxiety disorder. Things began to change when he was invited to join a marriage band by a girl named Ijichi in his twenties. I mean, even if it was her dream to join her band, she clearly couldn’t, so someone outside started a conversation with her that would change her life.
What is Social Anxiety Disorder?
At this time, one person’s social anxiety disorder cannot be described as mild, but is currently in the middle, with physical and psychological anxiety symptoms, but is able to cope with some degree of social anxiety even in the face of difficulties. You can participate in the situation. Even in the process of progress, sometimes it shows severe social anxiety behaviors such as panic attacks, it is not easy to pursue your dreams and express yourself, but you face challenges and make great efforts to change. paying her. Many artists in real life are known to have social anxiety disorder. plays a major role in it.
Botch the Rock! It does a great job of painting, in a motion animation way, how social anxiety can rob a person of achievement and the underlying fear of rejection, humiliation and failure that accompanies this disorder. , also reveals that having social anxiety is very different from being shy. Social anxiety consistently interferes with a person’s daily activities and can negatively impact their education, career, and personal relationships.
It’s so good to have an anime series that raises social anxiety awareness. My dress-up darling! When Komi can’t communicate, And now this very relevant depiction Botch the Rock! has been added to this set and has had a major impact on how we deal with social anxiety. In previous anime, there have been many misconceptions about characters with social anxiety disorder, and their struggles and afflictions have become the focus of comedy or simply acted as plot devices. A positive portrayal of the characters you are dealing with not only helps people struggling with the same disorder and empathizes with the characters’ struggles, but also helps their parents and friends, who learn more about unrelated things. You can, because they haven’t experienced those feelings.
A person has to live with a social anxiety disorder that may never be overcome completely, and one person comes as a light at the end of a very dark tunnel.Because she has the will to change, Deal with it and leave her scary comfort zone.
One person experiences physical and physiological symptoms of social anxiety disorder, such as flushing, sweating, trembling, heart palpitations, nervousness to the point of nausea and vomiting, and poor eye contact when interacting with others. I have many on my checklist. thoughts and behaviors that are usually signs of social anxiety, such as feeling embarrassed or embarrassed in front of others, not knowing what to say to others, or being very afraid or worried Not only is she stiff when she is around other people, she may judge her negatively, reject her for no apparent reason, Feeling scared or avoiding places where people tend to gather.
It’s not the first anime to tackle social anxiety, but it’s taken it to the next level.
The portrayal of a person’s social anxiety disorder, even though it is clearly exaggerated in artistic form, is not designed to be laughed at, but it is the nervous laughter of those associated with her. You can evoke it, but you can’t look down on it or look down on it. Her band members show that despite her reclusive nature, she likes her and that it’s possible to like someone without judging them. There is a possibility. Everyone feels inadequate at times. Humans are not isolated beings. An oft-used trope of social interaction and the power of friendship, and a shared love of music, helps these girls navigate their premature beginnings. part of adult life.
Hitori literally faints when he finds out that he will be applying to the Kesoku Band at the school festival. She doesn’t even eat in the cafeteria. She plays the guitar locked in her own room. When she first performed with the band, she performed in a box, literally hidden from the sight of others. But this stems from her perception that even so, it’s not ‘good enough’ and never ‘good enough’. However, her concerns stemming from her disability overshadow her self-judgment and recognition of her qualities and talents.
It is also a plus that the state of being alone is not romanticized and/or shown in real life as something people imitate. I found. In real life, people with social anxiety levels are likely to require treatment or medication, but the emphasis is on personal willingness to change, pursuing dreams, and socializing with newfound friends. , that is, socialization plays a fundamental role in her coping with this disorder. So the clear message of this anime is that a person may still have some degree of social anxiety, but can live their life in spite of it.
For all this, and compelling characters and good storytelling, Botch the Rock! is an uplifting anime with appeal that transcends age and generations, depicting the future image of the young generation suffering from mental health issues.
