Dealing every day with social anxiety

Social Anxiety is not just exaggerated fear of meeting strangers depending on circumstances and it will not go away just by facing your fears. “It is the intense fear of being judged, and negative evaluation by others that leads to a sense of inadequacy, inferiority, embarrassment, self-consciousness, humiliation and later leads to depression.”

This person will be functioning absolutely well when alone whereas becomes anxious in the presence of others.

‘Social anxiety’ is not the same thing as Shyness’; They are different. Shyness is a personality trait whereas Social anxiety is a disorder that makes people dysfunctional. Shyness is not always a prerequisite to social anxiety disorder though you will find a lot of people with social anxiety disorder to be shy.

Signs of Social Anxiety:-

-Significant Emotional distress in situations ;

-When introduced to unknown people

-If criticized or teased

-When the person becomes the center of attraction

-Meeting people of authority or important people

-Fear of being in interpersonal relationships including friendships

The physiological signs include intense fear, heart racing, turns red or blushes, sweating excessively, Throat and mouth dry out, trembling, difficulty swallowing, muscle spasms generally around face and neck.Do not confuse Social anxiety with depression, bipolar, panic disorder, schizophrenia, ADHD, Asperger’s Syndrome etc. Since It has an important component of continuous and extreme anxiety which does not go away with time.

Therapy could help you with the management of Social anxiety. Progressive deficits happen in the amount of fear, and anxiety experienced. Hence, You need huge amounts of persistence and consistency with therapy. A therapy programme in this will provide necessary tricks and specific plan. It also specifies in detail how and why the sufferer should begin to accept their rational thought, emotions, perceptions, and beliefs.