Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Anxiety Help - Social Anxiety Disorder: Dropping Out of the Mainstream
Social Anxiety Disorder: Dropping Out of the Mainstream
Can you imagine how humiliated and terrified you would be if every single time you were in a social situation you felt like everyone in the room was watching you, laughing at you and judging you?
Everyone is capable of getting a little nervous when giving a formal presentation or meeting people for the first time. But for the 10 million Americans with social anxiety disorder, certain situations are completely intolerable. Social anxiety disorder is the third most common mental health disorder, after major depression and substance abuse.
Miller notes that social anxiety can cause low self-esteem, depression, self-consciousness, avoidance, job limitations and lack of assertiveness, along with a myriad of other problems.
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