| To a person with social anxiety, going through daily | | | | follows: |
| public affairs is a torture. He knows that if someone | | | | - Persistent fear of public scrutiny |
| initiates a talk with him in public, his voice and his | | | | - Panic attacks due to exposure to social situations |
| hesitation would give away his fears. Going through | | | | that provoke anxiety |
| job interviews could also be excessively painful | | | | - Personal awareness on the lack of basis for the |
| because you know that one single wrong answer, | | | | excessive or unreasonable fear when in social |
| caused by his irrational sensations of anxiety, would | | | | situations |
| cause him his failure. He knows that he'll spoil his | | | | - Distress, avoidance or anxious anticipation of the |
| chance to get the right job or to ask for a date, the | | | | feared performance in public |
| minute he opens his mouth to speak. He knows that | | | | - Persistence of these symptoms for about 6 months |
| he would simply fail. The more he thinks about it, the | | | | or more |
| more he becomes convinced that he is a "total loser". | | | | However, like all other physical and psychological |
| He practices utter negativism. | | | | disorder, social anxiety disorder also has its share of |
| This is not a case of an extremely pessimistic person | | | | secondary symptoms. |
| though. This is a case of someone who is debilitated | | | | For example, a person with this disorder could not |
| by his incapacity to function well in the society, | | | | write in public due to the fear that people would be |
| someone who has social anxiety disorder. Most | | | | staring at her and thus, criticize her penmanship or the |
| commonly, people with social anxiety disorder dread | | | | way her hand shakes. She might also be very anxious |
| the prospect of speaking in public or the generalize | | | | about eating or drinking in public that she would refuse |
| anxiety on attending social gatherings. Rare cases of | | | | to attend social gatherings because people might laugh |
| social anxiety disorder involve the fear of using public | | | | at her when the glass or the spoon suddenly slips |
| comfort rooms or of eating out. | | | | form her mouth. Also, she fears that a rather indistinct |
| Social anxiety disorder ranks third in the list of | | | | part of her body is odd looking that it could be the |
| psychological problems not only in America but | | | | focus of other people's attention. all of us may have |
| worldwide. But even with its extensive effect among | | | | felt this same fear once in a while but patients of |
| people, it is still among the least understood disorders | | | | social anxiety disorder experience it everyday. |
| even by mental health professionals. In reality, | | | | While she may have these certain perceptions about |
| misdiagnosis of social anxiety disorder occurs 90% of | | | | herself and other people, she still understands that |
| the time. Misdiagnosis, as we all know, lead to | | | | what she feels is irrational and has no concrete basis. |
| damaging experiences that might cause someone to | | | | She knows that people are not critically judging her. |
| be crippled for life. | | | | She also knows that not everyone wants to humiliate |
| Being labeled as schizophrenic, personality disordered | | | | or embarrass her. At the back of her mind, she is also |
| or manic-depressive mainly because of certain | | | | aware that she is exaggerating her feelings and her |
| shortcomings in the diagnosis of a person with social | | | | thoughts. But, in spite of the fact that she knows the |
| anxiety disorder could mean more trouble than what is | | | | irrationality of her behavior, she is still helpless in |
| originally present. Thus, it is but inevitable for someone | | | | controlling them. In the end, like in most anxiety |
| to get hooked in severely aggravated feelings that | | | | disorders, she is being controlled of her psychological |
| might destroy his entire mental health. But maybe this is | | | | incapacitation. |
| the worst part of all: unlike other psychological | | | | But there is help available for people suffering from this |
| diseases, social anxiety disorder does not come and | | | | disorder. And while we have said that the symptoms |
| go. If you are socially anxious today, you might be | | | | are chronic, there are still various techniques that could |
| sucked by the same condition for a lifetime. | | | | help alleviate the person from the development more |
| The main symptoms of social anxiety disorder are as | | | | extreme states of social anxiety disorder. |