Social anxiety
Social anxiety disorder is a severe fear of being judged, scrutinized, embarrassed, or rejected by others.
Definition
In its mild form, it may mean tension in social situations, but as a disorder it involves persistent, intense anxiety and avoidance of situations that make functioning difficult. It applies not only to public speaking, but also to conversations, meetings, asking for help or eating in front of others. It needs to be distinguished from ordinary shyness.
Key ideas
Missing key ideas.
Practice and life
Choose one small social situation and treat it as an experiment: what I predict, what I will do, what actually happened.
Common misunderstanding
It is a mistake to assume that social anxiety is simply introversion. It is also a mistake to strengthen anxiety by constantly avoiding every social situation.
Questions for self-reflection
No questions for self-reflection.
Sources
No sources.