Causes and Symptoms of Shyness

... suffer with throughout their lives. Social Anxiety also known as Social Phobia, its a permanent fear of embarrassment in social situations. Its much different from shyness of stage fright however it does involve similar symptoms. Social phobia causes people to avoid most social situations and feel extremely self conscious while in one. Once you develop a social anxiety you will start to constantly be in panic, making ... not being able to leave the house because they're in fear of having a panic attack to going out after a few weeks of counseling. It's something that takes a long time t...

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... of them, have had excessive and unreasonable fear of social situations and have suffered tremendous distress and intensive psychological traumas chronically. These symptoms are called Social Anxiety Disorder. This social phobia involves intense fear of certain social situations, especially situations that are unfamiliar or in which people feel they will be watched or evaluated by others (Smith, Gill, Helpguide.org). It has an element of shyness ... people's feelings and thoughts are influenced by others. In other words, it is the study about understanding individual behavior in a social ...

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... a dog, that triggered the phobia. "What puzzles experts is why some people who experience such an event develop a phobia and others do not. Many psychologists believe the cause lies in a combination of genetic predisposition combined with environmental and social causes." (Seligman, Martin E.P.,1971). Another possible explanation is that people generally develop phobias for objects or situations they cannot predict or ... with depression or substance abuse. The problem may also be related to low self-esteem, feelings of inferiority and can drive a person to drop out of school, avoid maki...

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... that often speak of a "nervous breakdown." However it begins, and depression causes serious changes in a person's feelings and outlooks. According to the description of major depression my mother and my seventeen-year-old sister are an example of these feeling of being sad nearly every day and may cry often and with the feeling of not been satisfied with the activities that brought them joy are gone. The symptoms of depression can vary ... by non-psychiatrists) even my family's prescription is included among these alarming numbers. Because of the type and few side effects, Prozac is con...

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... the symptoms and seek help. Specifically, Phobias afflict as many as 12 percent of all Americans. They are the most common psychiatric illness in women and the second most common in men over age 25. Phobias are not all the same. There are three main groups which include: Specific (simple) phobias, which are the most common and focus on specific objects, Social phobia, which causes extreme ... a car; heights; tunnels or bridges; thunderstorms; and/or flying. Social Phobia can produce fear of being humiliated or embarrassed in front of other people. This problem may also be related to fee...

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... the damage abnormally distorts self-esteem, the resulting disturbance is called a narcissistic personality disorder, or a disorder of the self. Patients seek psychoanalytic treatment because they suffer from one or more of a variety of psychological symptoms such as anxiety, depression, sexual and other inhibitions, obsessive thoughts, compulsive actions, irrational angers, shyness and timidity, phobias, inability to get along with friends or spouses or co- workers, low self-esteem ... feel a need to be appreciated by one's supervisors similarly to a child's needing approval from his or...

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... stomach lining can cause peptic ulcers, bleeding lesions and cancer. Blood loss causes loss of iron, which can cause irritability, lack of energy, headaches and dizziness. Risk of pancreatitis is also increased. Other effects of alcohol abuse include irritation of the intestinal tract lining and the colon; nausea, diarrhea, vomiting, sweating and loss of appetite; and increase in blood pressure, risk of heart attack and stroke. These symptoms develop over time. Alcoholism, however, can begin ... start drinking, such as to increase self-confidence, relieve stress, escape from personal pr...

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... common in boys than girls with little ethnic, social or racial boundaries (Autism Depot). Symptoms of autism fall under three categories: limitations in social interaction, limitations in communication and repetitive patterns of behavior, interest and activities (Hamilton 41). Approximately 25% to 40% of autistic children develop epilepsy by adolescence. Although there are no pharmacological treatments available for autism ... fact, two children with autism can show very different symptoms from one another. The symptoms are also at times mistaken for shyness, hearing problems, hyperacti...

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... disease that is often overlooked by medical professionals. It is defined as paralyzing fear, avoidance behavior, and symptoms of blushing, sweating, shortness of breath, and muscle tension. People often are timid, lack self-esteem, and are uncomfortable in large groups of people. As a result of this those with social anxiety disorder may have few friends, difficulties in school, difficulties in intimate relationships ... their social ability. Many times Social Anxiety disorder was misdiagnosed and untreated because it overlaps with these other disorders or people just see it as extreme ...

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