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6 Symptoms of Social Anxiety Disorder To Be On The Lookout For
Posted by Bethany Jordin at Apr 2nd, 2009 in Mental Health
If you think that you might suffer from social anxiety disorder then there are some symptoms that you might want to keep an eye open for. If you are able to recognize these symptoms of social anxiety disorder with any degree of consistency this may be the right time to consider getting yourself some kind of help for this condition. There are many different treatments you can use to help you feel more at ease in a social environment such as herbal or natural remedies. Some of these do an excellent job of relieving the symptoms of social anxiety disorder so don’t forget them when considering treatment options.
1) Regular or frequent panic attacks. These panic attacks are particularly strong in situations where you might feel as though others are judging you. It is when these attacks become so severe or common that they interfere with how you live your life that steps should be taken to work through your anxiety.
2) Avoidance of social situations in order to avoid discomfort. Have you changed your social habits so that you aren’t confronted with uncomfortable situations in public? Are you missing important events in the lives of your family and friends because of your anxiety? These are all symptoms of social anxiety disorder which is very much treatable.
3) How about your normal daily routine do you change those to avoid any fear? Do you do the same with your scheduling also? Do you try to miss appointments or dates with your peers because you are having a panic attack? This is also a symptom of social anxiety disorder.
4) Constantly experiencing severe and frequent bouts with panic attacks in social situations could wind up with you suffering from agoraphobia. This disorder manifests itself in your fear of losing control while socializing and having a panic attack. This may happen because you feel that you have no escape and no help coming to you in that situation. This disorder may even prevent you from leaving your house.
5) Friendships become difficult to make or maintain. When you begin skipping out on life due to various symptoms of social anxiety disorder you will find that your friends stop inviting you out or that you have fewer friends. Depression is often a close companion to social anxiety disorder and is one of the many symptoms of social anxiety disorder you will want to be on the lookout for.
6) Turning to alcohol or illegal substances to replace the friendships you are missing or to provide temporary comfort. This is one of the most devastating symptoms of social anxiety disorder. This symptom not only impacts you but everyone that loves you as well. Because social anxiety disorder often leads to a steady withdrawal from society it can take a while for others to notice and intercede on your behalf. Substance abuse is never a solution though and should be closely guarded against if you suspect that you suffer from social anxiety disorder.
If these symptoms sound all too familiar it’s time to make a step in the right direction. Help to treat the symptoms of social anxiety disorder is widely available through self help programs, professional therapy, natural and herbal remedies, and prescription medication. The next move is up to you. Are you ready to take that first step?
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you really dont have anything to worry about or that you can really do, basic has turned into more of a joke out of all the basic's they have around the country the 2 hardest ones i have herd of was 19D OSUT at fort knox, ky an 11B/11X at fort benning an out of everyone ive talked to 19D osut was just a little bit harder. other then that everyone ellses basic was just a joke. the hardest part of it is being away from family an friends if you dont mind then its not that bad. when i went threw i was at fort knox for 6 months i only made 3 phone calls the whole time i was there. an i didnt get mail for the first month. a had another friend went to fort benning (i no im spelling that wrong) he got to make a couple more phone calls then me an got mail like every other day. but really just keep your head in the game its all for a good reason because once you go over seas you might not be able to talk to anyone for awhile think about it millions of soldiers have went threw it before you how hard can it really be. yea your going to be depressed i admit i thought about going AWOL the first couple weeks i was there but i just kept thinking about how the fastest way out of there is to just finish if you got any other questions just email me
I love the headline “Gun kills 5 Children….” The freakin gun didn’t kill anyone the idiot holding the gun did the killing. I have owned guns all my life and none of them have killed anyone. They just lay there and do nothing. I sure as heck wouldn’t own so,ething that could kill me all by itself. Why is this a gun issue?? It should be a mental health issue if anything.
This post touched me profoundly. I identified so well and so much. Even the long tangential writing, felt so familiar to my own thought patterns. I read it and then asked my mother if I could read it aloud to her. I began crying mid-way through. It took a good portion of our night but this article was the catalyst for some great communication between my mother an I. Upon finishing listening to me read it to her, she confessed to me that she has believed, apparently for years, that I have Asperger’s. She even spoke to my therapist about it several years ago when I was still a minor but the therapist (a mother to an Asperger’s daughter, herself) disagreed with my mother’s intuition and so the issue was dropped. Since first entering the mental health system at 14, I’ve received a slew of diagnoses: PTSD, ODD, ADD, depression, generalized anxiety, cyclothymia and I was medicated for 85% of my adolescence. While I do fit quite a few of the characteristics of Asperger’s, I also fit a lot of the previously mentioned diagnoses. I’m not convinced it’s what I have, but nonetheless, the concept of "normaly fetishism" is one that I’ve been unable to verbalize for years and felt so relieved to have read. As a teenager, I actively resented the constant meds I was forced to take because I felt like I was being medicated into behaving a certain way in order to appease the rest of the world. My (presumably NT) younger brother just turned 18 and will be heading off to an excellent private college in the fall and I, who am 3 years older, and who according to test scores, have a higher raw IQ than he does, am back at home, living our mentally ill mother and barely managing 12 credits at a community college and a 25hr work week. Watching my younger brother excel and thrive in the same world in which I struggle to survive, has been very difficult and I’ve had many moments when I’ve hated my brain for how it works and my mother for bestowing upon me her genetic predisposition for neurobiological disorders and I’ve wished so much to be normal. My desire for normality isn’t cured anymore than my ND brain is but you’ve reminded me how important it is to appreciate and love ourselves and you’ve given me so much to think about.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, so much, Meowser for sharing this with us.
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