SOCIAL ANXIETY

WHAT IS SOCIAL ANXIETY?

• Social anxiety is where an individual has an extreme fear of being scrutinized
• ,judge or humiliated in public or during a performane situation
• Confused that its shyness
• Causes havoc in peoples lives

HOW ,WHAT ,WHEN

• Some say it runs in family (genetics) but other dont know actually
• What causes This disorder
• It affects 15 millions
• Affect typically age onset of 13 years old
• People with anxiety dont report till after 10 years of symptoms

AFFECTS

• Daily activities such as walking in public
• Or giving a speech may stutter or feel nausea
• Talking to make friends they try to avoid conversation
• And as a romantic relatioship is out of the question

SYMPTOMS

• Physical symptoms of social anxiety disorder may include blushing, profuse sweating, trembling
• nausea or other abdominal distress, rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, dizziness
• lightheadedness, headaches, and feelings of detachment and loss of self-control
• Stuttering blurry vision
• Everyone may experience these symptoms before a test or an interview imagine that but extreme

TREATMENT

• There are medication to take such as anit-anxiety pills
• As well as anti-depressants have been used
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy
• As an ot/ota we would use the cognitive behavorial therapy because
• It is a frame of reference for us to access with the patients

VIDEO

• Youtube
• Social anxiety disorder test