| Scared to go out to a meeting to speak to a client? | | | | include: Blushing, profuse sweating, trembling or shaking, |
| Need to deliver a speech but feel like fainting at the | | | | nausea, stomach upset, difficulty talking, shaky voice, |
| thought of going in front of the class to present? | | | | muscle tension, confusion, palpitations, diarrhea, cold |
| Scared to attend a social gathering for no apparent | | | | and clammy hands, and difficulty making eye contact. |
| reason? You might be suffering from one of the | | | | Basically, social anxiety disorder manifests itself with |
| many signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder. | | | | signs and symptoms of being overly anxious around |
| Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia, is | | | | other people. Sufferers think that other people are |
| a kind of mental disorder where the sufferer | | | | more confident that they are, that other people are |
| experiences a severe or unreasonable fear of social | | | | better them. They feel uncomfortable being around |
| gatherings where there is a possibility that one may | | | | people that it makes it difficult for them to eat, drink, |
| get embarrassed or ridiculed. Most of the time, | | | | work, asking questions, asking for dates, even going to |
| these anxieties arise from an intense fear of being | | | | the toilet, when other people are around. |
| closely watched or scrutinized - from the simple things | | | | The good news is that there is a cure for this |
| like the way they dress, talk or act, to important job | | | | condition. For the past 20 years, a combination of talk |
| functions like performing in front of a crowd, giving a | | | | therapy and medications has proven most helpful to |
| presentation, or finishing an interview for a job | | | | limit the effects, if not cure, this mental condition. |
| application. This kind of phobia gives sufferers a | | | | Certain anti-depressants (Paroxetine, Sertraline and |
| feeling of being trapped or shut away from the world. | | | | Venlafaxine), anti-anxiety medications, and beta |
| They say that one of the signs and symptoms of | | | | blockers are used to help Socio-phobic people to |
| social anxiety disorder is closely related to shyness. | | | | balance certain chemicals in the brain and minimize |
| However social phobia differs in the sense that this | | | | panic attacks during periods of heightened anxiety. |
| disrupts normal socializing functions. It is true that | | | | Talk therapy teaches people with social anxiety |
| everyone goes through a stage of shyness in their life, | | | | disorder to react differently to situations that trigger |
| overcoming it is a different thing. When it becomes | | | | their anxiety. The therapist helps the patient confront |
| too much that it interrupts your daily life and | | | | the negative feelings about social situations and the |
| relationships to the point where you are sick with | | | | fear about being judged by others. Patients learn how |
| worry, it is time to seek counsel. It is good to know | | | | their thinking patterns add to the symptoms of social |
| the signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder to | | | | anxiety disorder and how to change their thinking so |
| be able to determine and treat this said condition | | | | the symptoms begin to lessen. |
| before it worsens. | | | | To be shy is quite normal, everybody has gone |
| People with social phobia manifest 2 basic kinds of | | | | through a similar phase. Getting past that stage is the |
| symptoms: emotional and physical. The emotional | | | | difficult part. Ultimately, it ends up to building your |
| symptoms include: an intense fear of being in situations | | | | confidence to a certain level for you to be comfortable |
| in which you don't know people, fear of situations in | | | | enough to move normally. In case you’ve been |
| which you may be judged, worrying about | | | | diagnosed as a socio-phobic, it is nothing to be |
| embarrassing or humiliating yourself, fear that others | | | | ashamed of. With a little bit of therapy, proper |
| will notice that you look anxious, anxiety that disrupts | | | | medication, and enough support from people who |
| your daily routine, work, school or other activities, | | | | believe in you, you’ll slowly be able to do socialize |
| avoiding doing things or speaking to people out of fear | | | | and function normally within a group without being too |
| of embarrassment, avoiding situations where you might | | | | anxious. |
| be the center of attention. The physical symptoms | | | | |