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How Does Social Phobia / Anxiety Evolve?


If untreated, it is difficult for Social Phobia to disappear. Its tendency is to increase the degree of anxiety, to extend to other situations and, after some years, to stabilize in view of social isolation.

Social Anxiety Disorder generally starts in late adolescence, following Shyness which may have had its onset in childhood. Oftentimes, the adult can recall her childhood spontaneity and when Shyness set in.

It is common for Social Anxiety Disorder symptoms to start appearing after an unpleasant experience. Unpleasantness is not necessarily connected to objective elements in a situation, but to how that situation is perceived by a person. For instance, if a shy teenage boy, in a group of age peers from both sexes, hears from someone that "you're lousy to talk to" and, at the same time, sees other boys shooting the breeze lively among themselves and with the girls, he may feel deeply humiliated, realize how far he is from his social ambition and see much meanness in the remark he just heard. This experience could lead to deep bitterness for days on end. For the rest of his life, he may recall this day as a watershed. As a resulot of a bad experience such as this, the symptoms may start slowly appearing.

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Self-concept, Body Image, Self-depreciation and Shyness

Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder: Neurophysiological Approach

Shyness Articles:

What Is Shyness? Fear, Anxiety, Anguish?

Questions and Answers on Shyness

Humiliation Stories, School Spankings: Examples of Shyness Causes

Social Anxiety Disorder Articles:

Social Anxiety Disorder: What It Is, The Anxiety Attack Symptoms

Social Anxiety Attacks: Incidence, Onset, History, Evolution

Social Phobia / Anxiety Disorder: Treatment

Social Phobia / Anxiety Disorder: Differential Diagnosis

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Medications in Social Phobia: Side Effects

Antidepressants Tricyclics: Side Effects

Metabolic Pathways Individual Differences and Medications Side Effects

Genetic Changes: Medications Side Effects

First Line Antidepressants - Side Effects
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Panic Disorder, Shyness, Social Phobia - Differences

Why Self-Help in Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder / Social Phobia Doesn�t Help You

Shyness and Social Anxiety Disorder: Medication Action

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Psychoses, Shyness and Social Phobia




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