What is Social Anxiety Disorder?

I was somewhat recently told by my counselor, therapist or whatever they are that what I have sounds more like generalized anxiety disorder than social anxiety disorder. I'm not sure how to tell the difference. I've read up on both but I still have trouble...

I'm a college sophomore and social phobia has pretty much prevented me from having anything close to a normal life. I have no friends, and no one to talk to; I literally have just five contacts on my phone and they're all family members. It makes me...

I bet your first instinct is to say, "a nursing job is not a good job for someone with social anxiety disorder" and I do not blame you. In fact, I can think of one hundred reasons why the job may not be a good fit for someone who has a psychosocial...

i just realized i might have a social anxiety disorder since i fit to most or all the symtopms. What should i do? im seriously not sure if i should tell my parents or not. I know i wont tell my friends but im not sure if i should get help my parents...

whats meds and what else you did. Which meds work BEST specifically for SOCIAL ANXIETY. and not for dpression, What meds are made speciffically for SOCIAL ANXIETY. Which worked for ...show more

I have been really annoyed for the past year or two and think it is now time to figure everything out. I am going to list out some symptoms and I would greatly appreciate opinions on what personality disorder i might have cause i truly feel i have one...

iam 30 years old, i have borderline personality disorder, but my psychiatrist has accepted i have symptoms of PTSD to. i have had a very hard, tough, unfair, traumatic life...more ...show more

I've been avoiding my friends for awhile because i get socially anxious around them. I told one of my closest friend that i think i suffer from this (social anxiety disorder) and she has been nothing more than understanding, but i can't stop but feel...

Okay well first off me and my fiance have been through A LOT. We have been together since May 2009, he was my first love and we both lost our V cards to one another. For the first year of our relationship, I did not know he had any kind of gaming addiction...