I have social anxiety which is a nervousness in social situations.
How long have you had this diagnosis?
Since adolescence. I avert my gaze, show fewer facial expressions, and show difficulty with initiating and maintaining conversation.
Are you on any type of medication or talk therapy?
Social anxiety
Social anxiety is nervousness in social situations. Some disorders associated with the social anxiety spectrum include anxiety disorders, mood disorders, autism, eating disorders, and substance use disorders. Individuals higher in social anxiety avert their gazes, show fewer facial expressions, and show difficulty with initiating and maintaining conversation. Trait social anxiety, the stable tendency to experience this nervousness, can be distinguished from state anxiety, the momentary response to a particular social stimulus. Nearly 90% of individuals report feeling symptoms of social anxiety (i.e.
You can never know the results. It's this latent anxiety." In a conversation with "Die Zeit", Chua says about her book: "I would never burn the stuffed animals of my children—that was a hyperbole, an exaggeration. I have intensified many situations to clarify my position". She adds that the book "was therapy for me at the time of a great defeat".
Reviews Reaction by Chua's daughter Sophia.
On January 17, 2011, an open letter from Chua's