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Social Anxiety
Social anxiety, also called social phobia, involves overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations.
People with social phobia have a persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others and being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions.
Their fear may be so severe that it interferes with work or school, and other ordinary activities.
While many people with social phobia recognize that their fear of being around people may be excessive or unreasonable, they are unable to overcome it.
They often worry for days or weeks in advance of a dreaded situation.
Social anxiety can be limited to only one type of situation-such as a fear of speaking in formal or informal situations, or eating, drinking, or writing in front of others-or, in its most severe form, may be so broad that a person experiences symptoms almost anytime they are around other people.
Social anxiety can be very debilitating-it may even keep people from going to work or school on some days.
Many people with this illness have a hard time making and keeping friends.
Physical symptoms often accompany the intense anxiety of social anxiety and include blushing, profuse sweating, trembling, nausea, and difficulty talking.
If you suffer from social anxiety, you may be painfully embarrassed by these symptoms and feel as though all eyes are focused on you.
You may be afraid of being with people other than your family.
People with social anxiety are aware that their feelings are irrational.
Even if they manage to confront what they fear, they usually feel very anxious beforehand and are intensely uncomfortable throughout.
Afterward, the unpleasant feelings may linger, as they worry about how they may have been judged or what others may have thought or observed about them.
Social anxiety affects about 5.3 million adult Americans.
Women and men are equally likely to develop social phobia.
The disorder usually begins in childhood or early adolescence, and there is some evidence that genetic factors are involved.
Social anxiety often co-occurs with other anxiety disorders or depression.
Substance abuse or dependence may develop in individuals who attempt to "self-medicate" their social phobia by drinking or using drugs.
Social anxiety can be treated successfully with carefully targeted psychotherapy or medications.
Social anxiety can severely disrupt normal life, interfering with school, work, or social relationships.
The dread of a feared event can begin weeks in advance and be quite debilitating.
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Jefferson, Wisconsin United States
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