Social Anxiety Symptoms
The third largest mental health problem in the world is social anxiety disorder, and it affects between 5-8% of all American adults. That means you probably know someone that has social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety symptoms can be caused by a range of different situations. These symptoms come up equally in men and women, and they can definitely interfere with work, family, and a social life. Not only are these social anxiety symptoms terrible to deal with, they are also expensive. According to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, social anxiety disorders cost Americans over $42 billion last year, which is about a third of all mental health dollars spent.
Some people think that those suffering from social anxiety symptom are just shy people, and the luckier sufferers of this condition are described as people who are painfully shy. Some of the more serious cases of social anxiety disorder are people who are paralyzed by their fear and by their shyness.
People who experience social anxiety symptoms will experience a lot of different feelings. They might turn bright red, shake or tremble, have a racing heart, have hot flashes, sweat, few nauseated, have trouble breathing, feel tightness in their chest or have a dry mouth.
Some people know that they will experience social anxiety symptoms when they try to pick up the telephone to make a call. Their hearts are racing, their mouths are dry, and for some reason they are deathly afraid of telephoning a stranger or even a friend. Other people have the onset of their social anxiety symptoms when they are out in public. They will be going about their normal business, and suddenly have the feeling that everybody is looking at them and everybody is observing what they are doing. At this point, they just want to shrink back and slink away from the situation as soon as possible.
What is really cruel about social anxiety symptoms is that the sufferers usually want to make a telephone call or they want to be able to go shopping without having the feeling that people are always staring at them and passing judgment about them. Sufferers of social anxiety symptoms literally feel imprisoned, but they are being imprisoned by their own fears of these social situations.
For those people who think that these anxiety symptoms are just shyness, they will be surprised to know that it is definitely a lot more than just being quiet and reserved. It’s about being so afraid to talk or even antisocial that they exclude themselves from a situation because they are afraid to talk, interact with other people, or are afraid of what other people think of them.
People suffering from social anxiety symptoms have a terrible disadvantage over those who live their life freely without these anxiety symptoms. A huge number of people suffer from this terrible condition, and are not living their life as fully as they could be.
