Ditch Social Jitters

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Ditch Social Jitters
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Ditch Social Jitters
Find out how to overcome anxiety and feel more at ease around others
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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: