Social Phobia Disorder

Social phobia disorder is something most people haven't heard of but is quite common, I have suffered from it for 12 years. I did suffer slightly before that and suffered from depression from the age of 13, I was an over weight child who was also taller than most of the boys in our year and I got teased at school because of this, I also on a few occasions got abuse shouted at me in the street, as a young child who was starting to notice boys I found it very difficult and I believed I would never get a boyfriend. My social phobia really all started when I was 16, and I got a job where I had to get a bus to work, I use to panic that I was gonna be ...  Read the complete review

According to the NHS (http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Phobias/Pages/Introduction.aspx) "Social phobia is a fear of social or performance situations, such as a wedding or public speaking. Those with a social phobia have a fear of embarrassing themselves or of being humiliated in public. If you have a social phobia, the thought of being in public or appearing at social events will make you extremely anxious and frightened. It is because these types of situations make you feel vulnerable. Avoiding meeting people in social situations, including parties or eating in restaurants, is a typical sign of social phobia. In extreme cases, ...  Read the complete review

Social Phobia or Social Anxiety Disorder as it is sometimes called is the third most common psychological problem in the developed world today. That statistic may surprise many because it virtually unheard of by most. Even the run of the mill GP will have a hard time identifying or diagnosing it for the serious and debilitating affliction that it is. What is it you ask? Imagine that tomorrow at work you have to give a presentation to your company's biggest client. If you don't make a good impression the client could very well pull out of the deal and redundancies will need to be made with your job being the first to go. What makes it worse is that you've ...  Read the complete review

It is late December and I am sitting in the office on my own desperately trying to make the piece of work I am doing last as long as possible. Next door, a classroom has been appropriated by my team for our office Christmas party and I know that I will have to attend once I have finished this one task. From where I am sitting I can hear the sounds of music, people gathering and laughing, and the chink of wine bottles as they are removed from the kitchen fridge. I know that I will soon have to join in as the party is being held in office hours and I wasn't able to admit that I really don't want to go to it; so I paid up, and regret my weakness more and more as the party ...  Read the complete review

I have suffered from Social Phobia(also known as Social anxiety disorder) for most of my life. Iam now nearly 40 and find myself in the grip of this very disabling condition yet again. Social Phobia in laymans terms is a fear of social situations where it involves meeting new people, being evaluated negatively thus causing anxiety to build up. The effects on your life can be minimal to the extreme such as affecting your job, your relationships and your mental health. I'm currently out of work as I had to give up my job as a taxi driver because I could not cope with the job anymore and my anxiety was causing me to become very depressed. I initially ...  Read the complete review