How To Identify Social Anxiety Disorder Symptoms

2008-10-03 14:52:31

( Pharmeceutical-Medical )



You may feel nervous on your first date or during the first few minutes that you give a speech before a large group. While there are people who usually overcome this feeling after they gain sufficient confidence, there are others who do not react this way. Their nervousness does not stop, and it may even become more intense which can lead to extreme feeling of fear and anxiety. If you are among these people, then you may be suffering from a condition called social anxiety disorder.

Social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is a chronic condition that prevents a significant number of individuals to lead a normal life and nurture romantic relationships with other people. Although this disorder is common, it is frequently misdiagnosed because of its association with shyness. To identify social anxiety disorder symptoms, they are actually categorized into two: emotional and physical.

Some emotional-related social anxiety disorder symptoms include feeling of extreme fear whenever you are in a social gathering where you do not know anybody; intense fear in a situation, in which you think others are going to judge you or you may be humiliated; and nervousness that causes you to mess up your everyday routine at home, work, and school. The physical social anxiety disorder symptoms include blushing, too much perspiration, uncontrollable shaking of the whole body, nausea, butterflies-in-your-stomach feeling, confusion, palpitations, among others.

Social anxiety disorder varies in level and degree, depending on the surrounding circumstances. If you are undergoing a very stressful situation, social anxiety disorder symptoms usually flare up. While it helps that you avoid triggers of your social anxiety disorder, it is only a short term solution. You are most likely to manifest the symptoms of social anxiety disorder when you are confronted with the same triggers again. It is best that you seek out professional help.


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