| Difficulty in functioning socially, with | | | | not talk, can not interact. |
| other people, in personal or professional | | | | |
| life is an indication of a social anxiety | | | | In front of other people, do you sweat |
| disorder that leads to depression. What is | | | | profusely? Do you tremble or blush |
| this all about? | | | | excessively? Do you get goose bumps in the |
| | | | company of a group of people? Do you become |
| Social Anxiety Disorder -- What Is It? | | | | panicky when asked to speak in front of |
| | | | others? |
| Do you have extreme stage fright? Do you have | | | | |
| difficulty expressing yourself when in the | | | | Degrees of Social Anxiety |
| company of non-relatives or not-so-close | | | | |
| acquaintances, unfamiliar people? For all you | | | | Social anxiety has degrees of disorder. It |
| know, you may be suffering from social | | | | may be mild or severe. Mild social anxiety |
| anxiety disorder. This disorder, sometimes | | | | can be cured by therapy and simple self-help |
| known also as social phobia, is that state of | | | | techniques such as holding a stress ball |
| prolonged social anxiety and worry that | | | | during a conference or a group meeting. |
| causes you great distress and hampers you | | | | |
| from functioning properly in some, if not | | | | The severe form of this social anxiety needs |
| most, areas of your daily life. | | | | medications since most of the times anxiety |
| | | | is accompanied by psychotic symptoms such as |
| People around you may think that you are just | | | | hearing things when exposed to the public. |
| shy since you have been this way since you | | | | |
| were a kid. Being bashful is the adjective | | | | How Do You Address Social Anxiety Disorder? |
| that describes you best. However, there is a | | | | |
| line that separates bashfulness from social | | | | The repercussions and anti-social effects of |
| anxiety disorder. | | | | this disorder are far-reaching, so much so |
| | | | that you need to admit and accept the fact if |
| Are You Just Shy? | | | | you feel any of the tell tale signs of a |
| | | | social anxiety disorder. Diagnosis is very |
| For example, if you have the disorder, you | | | | important for the proper treatment regimen to |
| may not want to mingle with other people | | | | be prescribed accordingly. |
| because doing so brings you headaches, nausea | | | | |
| or worse will cause you to vomit. | | | | Cognitive behavior therapy is helpful in |
| | | | this. The behavioral aspects of the therapy, |
| With being shy, you don't feel like vomiting | | | | coupled with the cognitive ones, are brought |
| and dizzy, you are only apprehensive of how | | | | in to affect thinking patterns and reactions |
| you will approach other people. Once you and | | | | to situations that may cause anxiety. Coupled |
| the persons you are talking too have warmed | | | | with the therapy are some forms of |
| up to each other, you can converse with them | | | | prescriptive medications that include |
| without difficulty. A person with social | | | | antidepressants of the SSRI and SNRI types, |
| anxiety can not push himself to socialize. | | | | the selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors |
| There is no such thing as a warm up period | | | | and the serotonin-norepinephrine re-uptake |
| for him. | | | | inhibitors, respectively. |
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| Symptoms | | | | Family Support |
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| Clinically, social anxiety disorder is | | | | The pharmacological treatments, some experts |
| manifested by excessive anxiety and | | | | contend, may not be enough to totally cure |
| self-consciousness in the most ordinary of | | | | the sufferer of the disorder. Aside from the |
| everyday, normal situations involving other | | | | side effects brought about by the |
| people. Sometimes, the disorder is limited, | | | | medications, the tendency to relapse after |
| as when you are only fearful of speaking or | | | | the discontinuance of the drugs is possible. |
| performing in front of an audience, or you | | | | |
| would not want to be socializing with others. | | | | A deeper need for comprehensive psychotherapy |
| But in some cases the social phobia is so | | | | may be in order to ensure prolonged, if not |
| broad and diverse that the anxiety manifests | | | | permanent treatment. Take note, however, that |
| itself in almost every situation where you | | | | the therapy must be supported by the family |
| are exposed to other people. | | | | and close circle of friends; their support |
| | | | and guidance is critical to reinforce the |
| Socio-phobics have this irrational fear of | | | | patient's feeling of self-worth again. Only |
| being watched, of being judged for their | | | | then will social functioning and ability to |
| actions, of being evaluated every time by | | | | interact be possible to be regained. Social |
| others, whether these others be family, | | | | anxiety disorder and depression are curable; |
| friends, co-workers, or even strangers. The | | | | it only takes a little more help from the |
| anxiety is so intense that the sociophobic | | | | people behind the sufferer. |
| individual can not work or can not study, can | | | | |