My son was just diagnosed with having a problem with social anxiety and I'm trying to get a handle on it. What can you tell me about it?
Well it could be somethin not severe, can be defined as nervousness in social situations!
Right, I got a little bit of the gist of that. What are some more specific things? Maybe some symptoms?
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.
was just me in a short skirt, my legs out - and I'm not a predictable person. I was trying to be fresh so that people stay interested in me." Jamelia also commented in the same interview, "It's basically about a relationship where someone doesn't speak about having a problem and you can see that they're upset but they're just not talking. It's an irritating situation so I thought I'd write about it."
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