Social Anxiety

What is Social Anxiety?

Social anxiety is one of the most prolific conditions affecting emotional wellbeing. All human beings are different and the scale of social confidence ranges from self-love to self-loathing. Almost everyone has some form of anxiety in a social sense, but social anxiety, also known as social phobia, is a far more colossal concern. A registered DSM-5 condition, it is characterized by continual shame and embarrassment.

How we can help you

We have tremendous success treating people with social phobia and social anxiety disorder. Our Self-Worth specialists are currently taking new clients. Each one has a diagnosis of Social Phobia and is now able to give presentation and run Self-Esteem Workshops. No individual perceives themselves as others perceive them and we treat Social Anxiety Disorder as an obsession with self evaluation, helping individuals lead happy, advancing lives in a fulfilled way using a well established program for social support and well-being.

I have judged myself every second of every day and never met a person, animal or insect I thought was less worthy than myself. I felt I took up too much space, breathed air that other people had more right to … some would say this was depression. I remember being at a rock concert, dragged there by a partner who thought I would love it because I loved the band. I knew he was afraid of snakes. “Imagine every one of these people is a snake, are you scared?” I asked him. He said “Yes, its terrifying. Why would you say that to me?” I told him that fear wasn’t even a tenth of what I felt there in that crowd. “Don’t be silly, you’ll love it”, he said. I stayed because of course his feelings were more important than mine. Every thought, every feeling, stuffed down because who am I to speak?

Is shyness the same as social phobia?

~ No. A lot of people are shy, or go through stages of shyness throughout the course of a normal life, but intense, lasting embarrassment and shame constitute a diagnosis of social anxiety or social phobia.

Can a person self-diagnose social anxiety?

~ The answer is likely yes, because, of course, the individual knows their own experience and degree of shame. If zero is I absolutely hate myself and ten is I absolutely love myself, where would you pitch your self-worth on that scale of zero to ten? If your rating comes in at four or below, you would certainly benefit from help from one of our experts.