Ditch Social Jitters
Find a Conversation
Ditch Social Jitters
| Tue, 06-27-2006 - 7:27pm |
Ditch Social Jitters
Find out how to overcome anxiety and feel more at ease around others

You duck into the stairwell to avoid conversation in the elevator; you feign a heavy workload to get out of lunch plans; you live on ramen for days to keep from interacting with people at the supermarket.
If this sounds like you, you may have social anxiety disorder (SAD), or social phobia, a condition in which being around people can cause extreme fear, discomfort and even physical symptoms, like excessive sweating, dizziness, nausea and trembling.
If a fear of interacting with people is getting in the way of your life, find out how to pull yourself out of seclusion:
- See if you have these warning signs
- Know the difference between shyness and social phobia
- Learn ways to break out of your shell
- Talk to others who understand on the Anxiety, Panic & Phobias message board

