The Underlying Causes of Social Anxiety, Shyness & Avoidant Personality Disorder

Discover the factors behind social anxiety, based on current scientific findings.

Familial links: Socially anxious parents increase the likelihood of their children developing social anxiety.

Childhood temperament: Precautious and sensitive behavior in unfamiliar situations raises the risk of social anxiety, especially if observed during childhood.

Attachment styles: Insecure attachment increases the chances of social anxiety disorder.

Parenting styles: Overprotective, controlling, and rejecting parenting contributes to social anxiety.

Traumatic experiences: About 58% of social anxiety sufferers trace their condition back to traumatic events.

Observational learning: Witnessing others' traumatic social experiences, especially for those with socially anxious parents, can cause social anxiety.

Modeling behavior: Children learn social anxiety by observing their parents' anxious or avoidant behavior.

Negative life events: Childhood factors like frequent relocations, abuse, divorce, illness, and family conflict play a role in social anxiety.

Vicious cycle: Poor social performance leads to negative experiences, triggering more anxiety and avoidance.

Cognitive factors: Biased thinking patterns, focusing on threats, and low expectations contribute to social anxiety.

Biological factors: Hormonal responses, neurotransmitter activity, and brain activation play a role in social anxiety.

Cultural influence: Different cultural attitudes toward shyness impact the prevalence and impact of social anxiety.

Uncover the causes and influences behind social anxiety, shedding light on its effects on individuals and societies.

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Genetics: 0:37
Temperament / Behavioral Inhibition: 0:58
Insecure Attachment Style: 1:33
Parenting Style: 2:18
Direct Conditioning Experiences: 2:47
Observational Learning: 3:19
Information Transfer: 3:38
Negative Life Events & Stressors: 4:02
Social Skills Deficit: 4:23
Cognitive Biases: 4:54
Neurobiological Vulnerabilities: 5:28
Peculiarities: 6:18
Cultural Influences: 6:46
Summary: 7:17

[maxinewolfe]

I really want to switch schools or get amnesia to get a fresh start

[katherinerobson]

I’m terrified of being embarrassed.. I feel like where ever I go I’m secretly being judged. I know it’s all me.

[davidmay]

I have a fear that everyones looking at me outside like I'm walking home and I think everyone is staring at me

[michaelsheets]

I have no kids, no girlfriend, no friend, could not finish college, never even been in love only once, but I refuse to stop fighting for my life, I just take it one day at a time

[userk]

My parents are so confident i wish i was like them

[TGGuapstar]

The cause of mine was definitely childhood bullying, over controlling parents and my mom has social anxiety.

[zaveok]

I’ve always had social anxiety but I realized the main reasons why is because of my step mom when I was 5-8 years old she treated me worse than a dog and blamed everything on me. Put me in a room for hours a day by myself when my dad was working

[kanchanbalpande]

I also have these symptoms since my childhood but I never realize it earlier. I even feel uncomfortable in my relatives and friends and because of very poor communication I couldn't express myself fully and couldn't explore the things that life offers. When I see my friends or classmates expressing them very comfortably and learning so many things day by day I feel very depress. How could I overcome this condition of my mind 😰😢😢

[LASMONN]

I was 14 years old when i first went to the store completely alone and bought a drink for myself..Now i’m 24 and i do so many things alone, and i’m proud of myself finally growing out of this mental habit. I don’t remember if i ever had a trauma back when i was kid, but i guess people judged me from my school.
SAD is no fun.

[ashleyclark]

So thankful for this!
I think for me, I developed SAD from a combination of genetics, parenting style, and direct conditioned experiences. This will help me understand what I need to focus on (reducing feelings of shame, more exposure/practice etc.) to help overcome my anxiety.

[marlyl]

My mom always told me I was a happy baby… then over the years I became soo closed out of nowhere.. little does she know I was suffering from bullying in 1st grade, because I had a big mole on my leg. I told her about it and moved me schools. I wasn’t bullied there but I would always cry on the first day of school. I cried for a week whenever she dropped me off. I also cried when she dropped me off at kindergarten.. she I have an insecure attachment? Or?? Then Over the years I did become more quiet… she started getting mad at me for being like that and if I did say something she’d hit me because I wasn’t suppose to say that. I’m now 21 and I’m still shy. Idk what to do about it anymore.. weird thing is that my siblings are shy too. None of us are outgoing and suicidal butterflies. My older brother is 25 and is sooo shy! Worse than me maybe.. whenever guest come over he hides in his room. My older sister and I try to put ourselves out there and Although we don’t say much, we try out best to be around people and act like we enjoy the company. We truly don’t. My Mexican parents can’t seem to understand us, instead they call us really ruthless words about our social anxiety…. Idk what to do anymore…

[dalesalazar]

My parents think I need therapy but I really don’t.. plus I hate the therapist.. I don’t like talking about my feelings but anyways I’m actually pretty happy not having a social life

[carlodoms]

This was interesting I've been dealing with this for years.
I grew up in an physical and mentally abusive home always moving around from school to school my older brother who was my protector died when I was ten years old. I'm starting to understand that reasons for my social anxiety

[gilbertlancaster]

i have extreme social anxiety because i have chronic bad breath and big eyebags that won't go away.

[jeremylister]

I agree with the parenting part. As a kid anytime I went to anything social with my parents, they would always force me to talk to people I didn’t know. Then anytime they saw me talking to people who they didn’t know or was white (because ngl They’re racist), they would always judge and always assume that they were gay and trying to rape me( if they were male), trying to offer me drugs, or that they liked me ( if they were a girl). And if it was a friend who was a girl, my dad would always talk to them to get them to go out with me or just keep saying that “You like him and you know it” when they didn’t and this would make things annoying and awkward between me and my friends to the point where we would avoid talking to each other so that he would stop. Then, anytime a friend whose parent they didn’t know wanted me to hang out with them my parents would always make an excuse for me not to go. In the end, I just gave up with trying to do things with my friends and we drifted apart and stop doing social things because I wouldn’t have no one to go to and will just be lonely. Then they negatively about me when I would be inside the same room or building that they are in and my mom was a bad whisperer and my had bad hearing so it was really easy to hear what they were talking about. Anytime I tried to bring it up they would just lie and say that they didn’t say that or tell me to mind my own business. It got to the point where I just had enough of it and just said that I’ll just keep to myself and stay out their way so that I won’t hear them talking about me as much as I used to. For a while, it did work but now they assume that high school is the reason for me being “shy” and force me to do things that I don’t want. Now they say things like “If you weren’t shy and just talk to people you’ll have more friends. Stop being shy. High school is the reason why no girl talks to you”

[twixxtro]

I went through all mental illnesses and disorders now and they all relate to me

[kyletbs]

I didn’t get Diagnosed with anxiety until I finish high school but all my life I’ve felt like I wasn’t perfect to anyone of my friends, they’d brag about what they got that day or what they were getting that week.
And high school really done me in, with being put down for not wanting to do anything after school during high school cause what happened one summer.
We went to a swimming hole not too big but it was still a good size.
There was 15+ classmates between different classes, everyone was having fun jumping in the water hole while I watched on cause “I can’t swim to save my life cause no one ever Taught me how to swim” I had a few people ask why I wasn’t going in, apparently not feeling well isn’t good enough cause not 5 minutes later minding my own business I had 3 guys from my class pick me up and throw me down a good 30+ foot drop.
All I came remember from that day is I hit that water then I was on the rocks laying down facing up at everyone. Come to find out i blacked out in the water and I was told There was no air bubbles coming up that’s when 6 people dove in and dragged me up to the rocks and tried to get to wake up and waited and waited, The second I started coughing water they were Relieved but Morley scared cause of me being out like a light for close to 45 minutes. Well they all told me if it went on for that hour the would of took me to the Hospital

[msushi]

That’s amazing that you brought up cultural influences. I’m from an Asian-dominant city in Canada and as a Canadian of Asian descent have always felt trapped between 2 identities - not quite fitting in either, but not belonging elsewhere either. Definitely does not help my social anxiety

[elongated]

I get this when everything slows down, the whole world becomes slow I can't process what people are saying to me, I get terrible short term memory loss, constantly second guessing myself, and it quickly becomes self hate. I think it must be to do with self esteem.

Then other times I'm full of energy my brain is full of positive thoughts and I can socialise without being to sensitive, I've seen a few people I know on Facebook kill themselves recently and I'm not gonna let this be me, tailor your life around this issue to make it as stress free as possible.

Respect to you all