SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER Understanding SAD
Social anxiety disorder
Understanding SAD
Have you ever been in a room full of people and you feel fearful of speaking to others. Do you fear everyone is watching you, and that no one is going to talk to you? When you have this fear does your heart race, your throat get extremely dry, and do your hands become clammy. Rather you have, or you have not, then the following information will be beneficial.
Many people suffer from a disorder called social anxiety. Social Anxiety is described as living in fear of other people scrutinizing your public image and performance, (J. Chin, 1998). When a person experiences social Anxiety they may deal with levels of anxiety that are excessive. This means that it may produce significant damage of suffering in the family, social and professional structure of their life, (J. Chin, 1998). There are three subcategories of social anxiety disorder. They are: (1) generalized, (2) public speaking and (3) non-generalized.
Generalized Social Anxiety disorder involves people who fear a multitude of situations in a social environment. Public Speaking Social Anxiety deals with people are paralyzed with a fear of speaking in public or large groups of people, (J. Chin, 1998). The last disorder is Non-Generalized Social Anxiety and it is made of people who have only two or three situations that they fear. All of these disorders have been studied and the conclusion is that the most debilitating of the three is generalized social anxiety, (J. Chin, 1998).
Among the community of Clinicians social anxiety disorder is a known disorder. Clinicians understand that there are many people who are dealing with this disorder. Yet, it is one of the most undiagnosed disorders, therefore it usually goes untreated, (J. Chin, 1998).
The Facts and Statistics of Anxiety Disorders 2010-2013 per the Anxiety and Depression Association of America:
Anxiety disorders are known to affect more than 40 million adults in the United States
Understanding SAD
Have you ever been in a room full of people and you feel fearful of speaking to others. Do you fear everyone is watching you, and that no one is going to talk to you? When you have this fear does your heart race, your throat get extremely dry, and do your hands become clammy. Rather you have, or you have not, then the following information will be beneficial.
Many people suffer from a disorder called social anxiety. Social Anxiety is described as living in fear of other people scrutinizing your public image and performance, (J. Chin, 1998). When a person experiences social Anxiety they may deal with levels of anxiety that are excessive. This means that it may produce significant damage of suffering in the family, social and professional structure of their life, (J. Chin, 1998). There are three subcategories of social anxiety disorder. They are: (1) generalized, (2) public speaking and (3) non-generalized.
Generalized Social Anxiety disorder involves people who fear a multitude of situations in a social environment. Public Speaking Social Anxiety deals with people are paralyzed with a fear of speaking in public or large groups of people, (J. Chin, 1998). The last disorder is Non-Generalized Social Anxiety and it is made of people who have only two or three situations that they fear. All of these disorders have been studied and the conclusion is that the most debilitating of the three is generalized social anxiety, (J. Chin, 1998).
Among the community of Clinicians social anxiety disorder is a known disorder. Clinicians understand that there are many people who are dealing with this disorder. Yet, it is one of the most undiagnosed disorders, therefore it usually goes untreated, (J. Chin, 1998).
The Facts and Statistics of Anxiety Disorders 2010-2013 per the Anxiety and Depression Association of America:
Anxiety disorders are known to affect more than 40 million adults in the United States