Social anxiety disorder

I’ve decided to write my reflection about Essay 2 “explaining a concept.” This essay was my best work and I felt like I had fun typing this essay. The concept that I wrote about was “Senioritis.” I liked the idea of talking about something that almost everyone in high school could relate to, including me. This essay made me think about more than just the topic, it made me think about my opinions. For Example, “I think senioritis is real,” some people may think it’s not. I realized that not…

People who have performance anxiety have no difficulty with social interaction. It’s when they have to do something in front of people that anxiety takes over and they get worked up over the possibility of embarrassing themselves in front of others. Simple things in everyday life like eating in a restaurant, signing a piece of paper in front of a clerk, speaking up, or going to parties can provoke performance anxiety. For males with performance anxiety, urinating in a public restroom is often…

are people concerned that, by allowing new channels of communication, privacy can be easily violated. Truly, once information becomes posted online, event on a private site, it’s at risk of being uncovered; but if there is sensitive data, such as a social security number, it should never be posted on an unsafe website anyways. We have various ways of protecting ourselves from today’s data-hackers by encrypting messages and payment information such as PayPal and Apple Pay. Ultimately, there is…

Although environmental and genetic factors are prevalent, a strong belief in transmission of an anxiety disorder is within the family. According to Fisak and Grills Taquechel (2007), a child’s parents can contribute to the likelihood of developing anxiety through modeling of learning experiences, transferring of information, and reinforcement schedules. A top-down or bottom-up approach can be used to predict the source of the phobia or fear. Visual signs of fear, such as facial expressions, in…

A Personal Case of Anxiety: Causes, Effects, and Possible Treatments Anxiety is an emotion with which nearly everyone is familiar. Though it is unpleasant, it has important evolutionary functions, keeping individuals alert, sensitive to danger, aware of priorities, and so on. Unfortunately, anxiety can also turn into an enemy if it is allowed to take control. Unchecked anxiety can lead to depression, physical ailments, poor judgment, even homicide or suicide. This paper will discuss my own…

Social Anxiety Do you often feel scared to talk to a person of authority or even a peer? Do you tremble and blush when you are forced to talk to someone new? Do you constantly worry about doing or saying something “stupid” so you just don’t say anything at all? These are common warning signs of Social Anxiety Disorder-or SAD- and if you said yes to any of those questions, you just might have it. Joseph Bennington-Castro, author of the article What is Social Anxiety Disorder?, defines social…

Nepon, Flett, Hewitt, and Molnar (2011) studied the relationship between perfectionism, negative social feedback, interpersonal rumination, depression, and anxiety. Participants were taken from an undergraduate university and given a variety of measures to assess each variable. The authors were able to collect data that supported their hypotheses. They predicted that socially prescribed perfectionism would be positively correlated with interpersonal rumination, and this was true in the study (p…

of anxiety. For a person that has anxiety, the feeling never truly goes away. There are multiple cases of anxiety, but the most crucial is social anxiety. When having a severe case of social anxiety, this can cause someone to have a fear of speaking publicly. People with this disorder can get help, and can get medications for this disorder as well. There are different types of causes that could’ve affected someone to have this affliction, as well as what triggers them to react towards social…

Some other ways that social anxiety disorder can effect a person’s social functioning is by making it almost impossible for them to engage in activities that promote the making of friends or being able to attend social functions because of the anxiety and distress that often comes with such an endeavor. This can cause the individual to feel shame or guilt or become ostracized by their peers because of the lack of understanding. Not having the mental ability to give a large presentation to secure…

The Effects of Social Anxiety on the College Experience We have all had our fair share of situations that involve anxiety. Whether the anxiety stems from an upcoming job interview, a presentation in front of people you may not know, or starting college classes, anxiety is a normal reaction to stress. In college, students may be juggling multiple classes at a time and have an extensive amount of homework, while also trying to manage their personal and social lives, which are factors contributing…