What is Social Anxiety?
Social anxiety, as the name suggests is a fear of reluctantness to do activities that require being sociably active or placing yourself in a situation out of your comfort zone with other people.
There are many forms of social anxiety, every tried to stand up and give a speech?
That is a form of social anxiety, but can also be tied down to performance anxiety aswell. But it is most certainly not limited to this, other limitations may be, meeting new people or friends, eating with other company, small talk, “elevator” confrontation and group activities.
Do I have Social Anxiety?
So how do you know if you have anxiety of the social type? Well if you have been reading this article or researching the topic and you can relate to it, then chances are you suffer from some type of social anxiety. There are many differing levels of social anxiety, and most wont effect you that much.
If you think you may have this form of anxiety then feel free to take the certified SPIN test at http://socialanxiety.factsforhealth.org/sadspin1.html
How is Social Anxiety Treated?
There are two main types of treatment, medical therapy and behaviour treatment.
The medical treatment is through using some sort of medication that is usually prescription based and there are certain levels of medical therapy depending on the level of social anxiety you have.
The other type of treatment, being behaviour treatment is usually involving some sort of psycoligist. Many find that a combination of both medical and behaviour treatment works best.
Finding help is as simple as talking to your doctor about it. It is nothing to be ashamed off and is suffered by many people. We also review the best social anxiety products from our main page.
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Hope this article has helped with you with your research on social anxiety.
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