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Question about social anxiety--is that just extreme shyness?
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No: Agoraphobia, free of the marketplace, is a known problem and can be extreme. Unlike anxiety in most cases there can be no real cause. Really not understood well but can be debilitating.
Answered 10/4/2016
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Avoidance & Drea: Shyness is not same as social anxiety. People w/social anxiety repeatedly avoid social situations b/c they dread feeling embarrassed or judged/shamed by others. (See http://ow.ly/EXo0z) Gradual exposure 2 those sitn's -easier ones at 1st, then harder-really helps. Tools 4 managing social anx: http://ow.ly/EXnfP | But anything that interferes w/building relationships seems worth working on!
Answered 11/28/2017
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