What is social anxiety?

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What causes it?

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Answer 1

intresting question,try wikepedia

Answer 2

follow this link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anxi...

Answer 3

It's when you are anxious in social situations and is often caused by bad experiences or being a recluse

Answer 4

you get nervous / anxious when you are in a social situation

it can be from not mixing with other people from a young age of being too shy you can overcome it with ease just start mixing more with new people

Answer 5

Scared of being around lots of people or in a huge group. It's kinda like a fear of being judged. For me it comes from the general feeling that you don't fit in or your company isn't needed or wanted. I start having panic attacks too. I'm a really shy person

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people

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Hello Mr K ,

  I hope I can help you :

  According to research carried out in the United States, Social Anxiety Disorder (SA) is the third most common psychiatric disorder after depression and alcoholism.

However, perhaps because by it's very nature sufferers of Social Anxiety are reluctant to talk about their problems or seek help, the condition is still not widely known amongst the general public, and was only recognized as a disorder in it's own right as recently as 1980.

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In it's simplest terms social anxiety or 'SA' is a fear of people: of being around, having to interact with, being watched, criticized or judged negatively by, other human beings.

For sufferers of SA, everyday tasks which most people take for granted - working, socialising, shopping, speaking on the telephone, can be a wearing ordeal marked by persistent feelings of anxiety and self-consciousness.

Sufferers typically experience feelings of dread and nervousness in the build up to the feared situation, and analyse or 'replay' the situation in their mind when it's over, ruminating on how they could have 'performed' better.

Sufferers may also experience physical symptoms such as trembling, blushing or sweating.

At a deeper level, sufferers often experience chronic insecurity about their relationships with others, hypersensitivity to criticism, and deep-rooted fears of being judged negatively, mocked, or rejected by others.