7 Signs And Symptoms Of Social Anxiety Disorder

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Social anxiety affects millions of people around the world yet many go undiagnosed and without treatment. By learning about the different physical symptoms of social anxiety disorder as well as the mental symptoms you'll be much better prepared to combat that social accounts. You'll also be able to much better answer the question 'do I have social anxiety?' one and for all.

The seven most common signs of anxiety disorders and panic attacks:

1) Fear Of Embarrassment. Often people with social anxiety will try to distance themselves from groups of people because they feel as though other people are judging them all them time.

2) Nausea Or Sour Stomach. Not only can a person with social anxiety get nauseates and a sour stomach right before and during an interaction but often they can stress out the interaction for days before and afterwards too.

3) Sweaty palms. Another extremely common social anxiety symptom is sweaty palms. In fact many people with social anxiety disorder sweat everywhere a lot more than the average person.

4) Excessive Worrying. People with social anxiety find themselves worry about social interactions and relationships all the time.

5) Difficulty speaking. Often people with social anxiety disorder have great difficulty speaking and will try to do anything possible to get out of speaking in front of a crowd.

6) Avoiding social situation. A classic tell tale sign of a person who is suffering from social anxiety disorder is that they will constantly make up excuses to avoid having to go out and socialize.

7) Children's symptoms. Children can also suffer from all of the previous symptoms but they are also more prone to a few extra symptoms including throwing tantrums, mutism and
avoiding school.
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[mars_on_mars]

the 8th symptom is getting horrible flashbacks of all the embarrassing things you did or said recently

[mpm]

Who else overthinks how they said “here” during attendance roll ?

[leslie]

I hate it when I get to school late and I interrupt the class and they are all looking at me.
I hate it when I get a new hairstyle and even though people compliment me, there are are people still judging me.
I hate it when people think that Im rude cause I don’t talk to them.
I hate it when my teacher calls on me to answer a question and I get it wrong.
I hate it when I have to present to my class I embarrass myself every second because of my speech problems.


I hate that my anxiety still haunts me.

[chanyamos]

When I'm in crowds I just feel like everyone is judging me and staring at me I feel really awkward and I just wanna get out and hide

[osipenxi]

That feeling when you are really lonely and you don't have any friends, but you are unable to make any because of anxiety..

[TheOriginalJersey]

high school is the worst with social anxiety. and people never understand what you're going through

[nothinghere]

Wen the teaher calls on me my heart beats fast I shake, everyone looks at me, and misspeak

Edit : It’s crazy to me because I made that comment 4 years ago & it’s still people who can relate to me. I’ve grown out of the selective mutism but it still is inside of me and shows itself in certain situations. To get over it it’s starts from within you have to have the will to train ur mind to get over it. One day at a time ❤️

[literally_just_art]

whenever I'm in class I *constantly* feel like everyone's judging me and talking about me when I'm not around. I just wanna hide in a hole and cry

[natanaelandrean]

Whenever strangers laughing near me, I always thought that they laughing and judging at me. Even though they're not. I'll lose my confident to that. (Update: you guys thanks for the replies and likes!!! I'm feeling better now, it is still tough to see a person in the eyes while interacting. But we have to be brave!)

[maryumsyeda]

The 8th thing is hating eye contact cause it makes them feel extremely uncomfortable....or is that just me.

[kennyodo]

I used to be normal.
I used to be popular.
I used to have loads of friends.
I used to be able to start a conversation out of nowhere.


Then in sixth grade something happened.
My friends wanted to change themselves for the populars.
They no longer wanted to be smart.
All my friends changed in the blink of an eye.
They stopped hanging out with me.


I used to be friends with everybody in my school.


Then everyone left me except for two of my friends.


I lost literally all of my close friends.


I tell myself I've never gone through anything.

That I should shut up about having anxiety.

That I should stop opening up because people will judge me just like my friends did.

I'm not diagnosed with anxiety

I feel the symptoms

But I'm too overcome with fear that I don't want to open up and ask for psychiatric help.


Thank you for listening to my story, it truly means everything.

[ihfkywf]

I feel like I can’t show my true personality and it’s so sad because the anxious version of me is not the real me :(

[sekainoowari]

I have social anxiety. But I feel no one will take me seriously.

[ariana]

Really social anxiety is the worst. People often think that I'm rude or I think I'm superior to everyone else in the room because I just don't tell them hi or I don't go and speak to them when they are the only people in the room. What they don't know is how hard it is for me to go there and say something. Start a conversation. Whatever that involves socialization, because in the inside I'm screaming and slapping myself for being so pathetic and being so stupid that I can't even go talk to someone without being afraid of what they would think of me. You know what's the worst part? Knowing that you are truly alone and you honestly don't have friends (I mean I have 3 bffs but 1 is going back to her country this year, the other usually likes to play basketball in the recess, and the last one has other friends) but I honestly only have the 3 of them, and that fear. The fear you always have in the back of your mind telling you that you are so weird that eventually everyone will see it and dump you. The fear of being alone your entire life because you didn't have enough guts to ask the stranger next to you in the bus the time. The fear of knowing that you can't control it even though you trick yourself into believing it. And the part were you finally realize that you don't have control over your life. Your anxiety does.

[quintydu]

Sometimes I try to be more social, so I go eat with some friends of a friend I already know well just to meet new people. But because I’m not talkative around new people and i’m very anxious if they’ll like me or not I always end up being the quiet weird one. But the most of the time the friend I already know, just completely ignores me and acts like I’m not even there what makes me feel even more anxious about the whole situation. Some friends are nice in your face but when they hang with their more social friends they instantly forget about you and just leave you hanging.

[imybarber]

I always struggle when sending texts, meeting strangers, talking to a group bigger than 2 and even my family. I am also constantly worried about embarrassing or awkward things I have done, even if it was years ago, and will spend the next week terrified of what that person thinks me even if it was just a stranger on the street. But this makes me avoid having conversations/going out and means I struggle to make friends. The worst part is not being able to tell anyone and the idea of it makes me feel like throwing up. I have a constant fear in school of the teacher calling my name and being singled out. I have no idea what to do.

[Ibn_schopie]

Usually I stay in my room
Lock the door
And never think of coming out...

[themajesticmuffin]

I've always just thought that I was very shy but recently I was talking to my mom about how I always feel really nervous ordering food at stores and other social situations like that and she told me that she thinks I may have social anxiety. I have a lot of these symptoms but my major symptom is that my hands will shake without me noticing until usually someone points it out, which only makes me more embarrassed and makes my hands shake even more.

[hmnsdnssx]

In class if I hear the teacher mention 'partners' my stomach immediately drops and I start to shake and shiver. GG.

[nocturne-memories]

Depressed people live in the past, peaceful people in the present, and anxious people in the future - author unknown .❤