Social Anxiety Disorder involves tremendous amount of anxiety and excessive self consciousness in everyday social activities.

Social Anxiety Disorder involves overwhelming anxiety and unnecessary self consciousness in everyday social situations.

Folks with social anxiety have a continuous, intense and sometimes chronic fear of being watched and/or judged by other people and being disgraced and/or insulted by their actions. Their fear may be so severe that it interferes with work or school and other everyday activities. Many people with social anxiety disorder are worried by writing or eating in front of others and have consistent ongoing fear of public recognition or anything that attracts concentration to them such as impromptu talk or reading out loud.

While many people with anxiety agree that their apprehension of being near people may be too much and unreasonable, they are unable to reduced or overcome it. They generally worries for days or weeks in advance of a bad situation or event and therefore prepare themselves for, what they believe to be,destined anxiety.

Social anxiety disorder can be reduced to only one circumstances - such as fear of speaking in a formal or informal situations, or eating, drinking or writing in front of others, or in its most severe form may be so extensive that a person experiences symptoms anytime they are nearby other people.

Social anxiety disorder can be very debilitating - it may even hamper people from going to work or school on days. Numerous people with social anxiety have a hard time making and keeping friends.

How common is Social Anxiety Disorder?

Very generally known indeed! In fact, it is my understanding that most anxiety and panic sufferers demonstrate symptoms of social anxiety disorder too. Social anxiety disorder is more generally known in young people as they grow and enter adult life.There is also a strong comparison between social anxiety and agoraphobia and sufferers get the idea that the action of avoiding social situations creates an agoraphobic reaction to those locations.

Who does Social Anxiety Disorder affect?

Social anxiety disorder can disturb anyone of any age or gender. It is predicted that around seven million Americans have social anxiety disorder and this number is echoed around the planet.