All about Social Anxiety Disorder

Many people get nervous or self-conscious on occasion, like when giving a speech or interviewing for a new job. But social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, is more than just shyness or occasional nerves. Social anxiety disorder involves intense fear of certain social situations—especially situations that are unfamiliar or in which you feel you’ll be watched or evaluated by others. These situations may be so frightening that you get anxious just thinking about them or go to great lengths to avoid them, disrupting your life in the process. Some emotional signs and symptoms of social anxiety disorder are: Excessive self-consciousness and anxiety in everyday social situations, intense worry for days, weeks, or even months before an upcoming social situation, extreme fear of being watched or judged by others, especially people you don’t know, etc. Physical signs and symptoms can include: Red face, or blushing, shortness of breath, upset stomach, nausea, etc.

Dr. Bhavna Barmi is an internationally well-renowned practicing child and clinical psychologist for over 25 years. She has a PhD in Psychology along with an M.Phil from Nimhans, Bangalore. Her varied experience ranges from being a Relationship Expert, to NLP and hypnotherapy Practitioner. Dr. Barmi heads MindTrack- Care and Cure Center for Mental Health. She is the founder of Happiness Studios- Center for Psychological and Psychiatric Well-Being and the co-founder of PsyCare- A Neuropsychiatry Hospital. She is the Sr. Clinical Psychologist with the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Delhi. She has been awarded with many prestigious awards including the Gold Medal Award for Excellence in the field of Psychology, EPA Award (European Psychiatric Association) and Starstell Award for best practices in Psychology.
An expert in dealing with concerns of individuals, students/children and parents, Dr. Barmi has worked with over 1 lakh clients, both individuals and families across the world, successfully giving them tips on personality growth, relationships management, clinical concerns, self-esteem issues and more.
Through the medium of this channel, Dr. Bhavna Barmi wishes to spread mental health awareness and take active steps in reaching out to all the lives in need of care and help as she strongly believes in “reach, assist and care”.