Social Anxiety Disorder Self Test

Social Anxiety Disorder Self Test
Social anxiety disorder, also called social phobia, is
something far beyond the general nervousness or discomfort
in public situations which most people have experience of.
People suffering from a social anxiety disorder are anxious
and self-conscious to an extreme degree in day-to-day life
situations, whether they are facing a crowd or one person.
They have an excessive fear of being watched and judged by
other people, and such crippling, intense and chronic fear
often lead to emotional turmoil as well as physical
ailments.

Social anxiety disorder is currently affecting
approximately 15 million American. Because of its
resemblance to the general public nervousness type, many
people feel like a self test to help them make sure whether
their condition is an anxiety disorder or simply
nervousness. If you are one of these people, you may like
to go through the following test and share your results
with an anxiety specialist.

1. Check your symptoms:
- Are you constantly and extremely fearful of being judged
by others?
- Are you often concerned that you will be humiliated by
what you are doing?
- Do you have the fear that your body will let out the
signs of anxiety, such as your blushing, sweating, or
trembling?
- Do you realise that your fear is excessive or ungrounded?

2. Do you experience any of the followings when confronted
with a feared situation:
- extreme uneasiness
- a panic attack, during which you suffer an intense and
acute fear which is also accompanied by physical
discomforts such as racing heart, shortness in breath,
chest pain, dizziness, sweating, trembling, nausea or
diarrhea, numbness, cold or hot flashes.
- Have you tried everything possible to avoid facing the
situations which you fear?
- Does your fear impact your ability to cope with daily
life?

3. With regard to accompanying symptoms:
- Have you changed your sleeping or eating habits recently?
- Do you often find life meaningless and your efforts
worthless?
- Do you often feel sad, depressed or extremely guilty for
something?

4. In the past year, have you experienced one of the
followings as a result of alcohol or drug abuse:
- inability to fulfill work, study or family
responsibilities.
- dangerous situation, such as driving a car under the
influence.
- being arrested.
- continued abuse of alcohol or drug despite the problems
caused to you or yours.

As you can see, the social anxiety disorder self test is
designed to assess the physical and emotional symptoms you
are suffering, your thinking process with regard to social
interaction, as well as whether you also have accompanying
symptoms that may complicate the diagnosis of anxiety
disorder (such as depression or substance abuse). The
results will be more accurate if you answer all questions
without trying to hide the truth. Apparently, you will
need the professional help if most of your answers to the
test are positive. In fact, there is no need to shy away
from the doctors. With the number of the victims today,
you can assure yourself that you are just one of the many
many cases out there. You should also have in mind that,
in treating social anxiety disorder, professional
counselling is just as important as medications.

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