The Social Syndrome: Social Anxiety Disorder

Meeting people , partying around , catching up forhas a negative impact on their social, working and
coffee, luncheons, dinner dates, friends get together,personal life. They are not the people who are
house warming parties, weddings, birthdays, can beintroverts or are shy. They are a complete different
just recognized as different social event , but theseset who are very self-conscious. The reason for
are the little things that spice up anyone's life. Justsocial anxiety disorder may arise from some other
imagine a whole week full of just the monotonousphobia. Say a person has the fear of public speaking
routine without any such break, where can just letor phobia of meeting people then he slowly develops
lose and enjoy and eat, drink, talk and be merry.the social anxiety disorder. This is basically because
These occasions and any other social gathering justthey have a feeling that their actions will bring
rejuvenates life and keeps us going for unendingembarrassment to them and they will become a
times. But that is not the case with everyone. It is alaughing stock. The symptoms of social anxiety
very surprising fact that there are people who avoiddisorder include sweating, nervousness, and shivering,
social gatherings and hat meeting people. This is notstammering, nausea and if the case is an extreme a
because they are too dedicated to their work orpanic attack cannot be ruled out. These are a group
think such gatherings are just a waste of time butof people who actually find communicating with
because social gatherings make them anxious andothers very difficult and cumbersome. This disorder is
uncomfortable. Uncomfortable and anxiousness duegenerally developed in childhood or at the teen age
to social gathering, unbelievable is it not? But it isand may last life long, some people do not even
absolutely true. People who experience anxiety whenrealize that they suffer from any such disorder and
they in a social gathering and react in the mostblame it on their basic nature.
unexpected manner are said to be suffering formCure and conclusion
social anxiety disorder. This condition is also known asSocial anxiety disorder is perfectly curable with
social phobia and can be associated with amedication and therapies and sometimes a
psychological disorder.combination of both. It depends on the condition of
Reasons and symptoms of the syndromethe patient as to what kind of treatment the doctor
People suffering from social anxiety disorder justprescribes for him. Pharmacotherapeutic agents are
hate to be at social events. This is because they aregiven to people suffering from this disorder and can
very self conscious and keep thinking that all thebe taken over a long period of time. Cognitive
people around them are evaluating their each andbehavioral theory is also used to treat patients of
every move. They think less of themselves and havethis disorder. Antidepressants are also given to the
a feeling that all the people are better off. In onepatients. The results are positive without any side
word it can be said that these are the people whoeffect. Apart form all this a lot of will power and
suffer from a case of extreme inferiority complex.support from the near ones is also required. It can be
People suffering form this disorder often do notovercome with a little hard work, proper medication
attend social gatherings and stay out of touch ofand persistence from the patience.
others around them. Moreover, this kind of behavior