The Effects Of Social Anxiety On The Individual - 2319 Words

Graham EN 112 April 10, 2015 The Effects of Social Anxiety About fifteen million people in the United States suffer from social anxiety (nimh.nih.gov). That is a substantial number of people. If that number is so high, then why do people not hear about it? This is because social anxiety is a silent killer. Many people cannot tell if another one has social anxiety. The effects of social anxiety are awful and they need to be fixed very quickly. There are many physical and emotional effects of social anxiety on the individual, as well as the people around them. So, what is social anxiety? Social anxiety is an extreme fear of being embarrassed or judged by others. This extreme fear can mess up every day occurrences in many people’s lives.†¦show more content†¦Trying to predict when the anxiety is going to act up is a problem in and of itself. It can even make a person anxious by worrying about when they might be anxious. There is a difference in social phobia and just regular human shyness. Social phobia is an anxiety disorder that consists of severe amounts of anxiety and self-consciousness when sufferers are performing every day actions. Social anxiety affects only a very small amount of young ones and only a fraction of ones that consider themselves shy. There are many physical symptoms that go along with social phobia. These symptoms include shortness of breath, headaches, dizziness of light headedness, feelings of detachment, loss of self-control, trembling, profuse sweating, blushing, nausea or other abdominal distress, and rapid heartbeat. One who thinks that these are just normal everyday symptoms, would be very wrong. People with social anxiety suffer from these physical symptoms to a degree much higher than a regular human being. People with an anxiety disorder have a hormonal imbalance in their brains. Heir serotonin level are much lower than that of a normal human brain. This causes them to feel emotional pain more strongly than others without this problem. Many people can relate to the anxious feeling when they are giving a presentation or going out on a date. People with social phobia experience their