5 HIDDEN Signs Of Social Anxiety

Many people describe themselves as shy, either in general or in specific social situations.

Shyness should not be confused with social anxiety disorder, a debilitating mental health condition that impacts every area of a person’s life.

Severe social anxiety is also known as social phobia.

Here are 5 hidden signs of social anxiety

1. You don’t expect anyone to be friends with you.

Entering any sort of new environment is scary. You think you’ll be the one person left standing on the side while everyone else groups together.

You don’t talk to strangers or new people anyways, so you don’t expect to ever make new friends.

2. Whenever your appearance changes slightly, you’re terrified to go out and see people.

If you have a breakout or your haircut was shorter than expected, you automatically assume that people will mock you, even only in their heads.

3. You think the worst is going to happen to you

When in social situations you always think something bad is going to happen to you!

You think you might throw up in front of people or fall over and everyone will laugh and judge you.

4. You make excuses not to go to social events or situations

You might say something like “I’m sick” or “I’m busy” as an excuse not to go to a social event, but really it’s your social anxiety telling you not to go!

5. You never answer your phone to numbers you don’t know

Someone has called you but you don’t know the number so you don’t answer, you worry it might be a stalker or someone who wants to hurt you.

Have you ever been diagnosed with social anxiety?

Do you have any of these 5 signs

Let me know in the comments section down below.

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[kathrynanderson]

Awww I have this and I hate it soooo much, sometimes it’s so bad that I just can’t get to school and then my mum stresses and it just tares our family apart and I always get letters about my attendance through the post and it makes me feel guilty and just living with all my mental health issues can be a struggle a lot of the time! Anyone reading this tho, stay strong, have a great day or night, and I love you all and I am here for you all! Love from a fellow struggler! Xoxoxo

[unleashingpotential-psycho]

Social anxiety is crippling for a lot of people and something that needs less social stigma.

[ayeishahaze]

I suffer from P.T.S.D AND DEPRESSION there horrible problems to live with I can't seem to be able to sleep and when I do it's for short periods of time like it's 02:22am in the UK and I'm still up

[ingvildkvakestad]

I think I have some form of social anxiety I can never enjoy being out it is just always painfull And a struggle I can go to school but i stay quiet and hide in the bathroom in breaks

[ranaMeniawy]

Yes I have been diagnosed with anxiety disorder, I am suffering from those 5 symptoms, and even more 😄😄

[anablaze]

Yo I've been diagnosed with social anxiety but number 1 hit me pretty hard like I thought that was just depression saying that I'm a horrible person and nobody will like me because I'm horrible and if they like me it's because I'm somehow manipulating them by not showing them how horrible I am but like if that's just a common thing of social anxiety I think I would've started seeing signs so much sooner lol

Like I used to always see how people would make up excuses not to go to social events but I'm still in high school so I don't really have many instances where that can be applicable because usually if someone invites me to go somewhere with them it's just a small group of people I know and care about and since I didn't feel like I could relate to the most prominent thing I'd see over and over again I thought I was reading too much into nothing and out of fear of self diagnosing without anything to back my conclusions up I ignored a lot and would try to shove down the anxiety I feel because I had no reason to feel that way and I was just overreacting


Lmao needless to say those days of my life were "fun"

[sleepyssk]

I don't know if I have social anxiety or if I'm just overreacting, but I keep telling myself that I'm just overreacting because I haven't been diagnosed and I'm just so confused and scared... I wanna tell my mum, but I'm worried she'll tell my dad even if I tell her I don't want her to tell him...

[YumAnna]

I don't know if I have social anxiety but I think I do. I'm too scared to ask my parents to go to an appointment to see if I have it or not. Any tips?

[itsjusthumphrey]

I took a quiz and got a strong answer but it said I had social phobia does anyone have a suggestion of how to get rid of my fear to talk to people without getting judge

[callumw]

When are you next doing a face to camera video