Are you shy socially, or is it something far more serious than just that?

Introduction

Humans are and will be known as social beings where whole civilization after civilizations form and have thrived upto this modern era.

Even so its considerable normal to experience nervousness under situation where one has to interact or address a number of people or an  individual and living in the present lifestyle scenario, every aspects of one’s life, be it on the grounds of  work for example attending interviews,  family situation where one might need to attend family functions or something similar like visiting hospital or medical centrea, one needs to have social interaction, without which it’s difficult to continue with a normal daily routine.

Hence , it can be said every other adult in the society has experienced  some tensed nerve or have fret over social situations like addressing a crowd or an individual and might feel an aversion to such situations but when forced into it, they can go through with it. Similarly when someone’s aversion to social interaction is so severe that it causes intense stress, uneasiness that they just cannot go through it and are unable to perform any simple tasks, it can be signs of a type of anxiety disorder called social anxiety disorder.

Brief idea on social anxiety.

Social anxiety disorder, also known as social phobia is a medical condition that is categorised under anxiety disorder. Anxiety disorder is considerably common with an approximate of 15 million Americans suffering from it and social anxiety is ranked as the second most common disorder diagnosed after specific phobia under anxiety disorder.

Now, it’s important to note that shying away from social situations is not the same as social anxiety, both brings about two different reactions under same situation, to be precise, shying away is a choice where as social anxiety does not allow one to have social interaction because  the person in question feel that they might embarrass themselves, they fret on how people judge them, etc this worry is so out of proportion that when cornered into social situations they are unable to perform both physically and mentally even the simplest of action, mind you an individual may have social anxiety towards all or specific social environment  for example they might be good at addressing a crown but have social anxiety over one on one talk or vice versa, or even both.

Some observations to determine if one maybe suffering from social anxiety

To identify if an individual is suffering under social anxiety or reacting with a normal reluctance towards social situations one might make an observation on persistence of 6 months or more of such symptoms like they are unable to converse with strangers, facing difficulty in addressing a crowd, is not attending social situations like parties and such interactions.

Treatment and management of social anxiety disorder.

After observations on possibility of social phobia, the individual in question needs to get a diagnosis over the presence of social anxiety disorder, and Accordingly, he or she is given treatment options on medication along with consultation, therapy, counseling, as medication can just be an aid.

Also along with treatment certain self-help and anxiety management methods are used by individuals as an aid to fast recovery or as an emergency control of such conditions under unexpected situation, some of managing routine include, practising breathing techniques, yoga and exercise that release feel good hormones to always maintain a positive mood, also maintain day to day regular sleep pattern or healthy diet, taking medicines like etizolam on time and other such option to control over such sufferings.