
Social Anxiety Disorder
Psychology Unplugged
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The Negative Effects of Social Anxiety Disorder
The fear is very, it's totally on a proportion to the actual risk of being negatively evaluated. So they may be an anxious person by nature, but if the situation just requires them to maybe be a guest at a wedding, there's no really evaluative connotation. But in the world that we live in, I've seen this with a lot of times with cyberbullying and kids who are taking pictures. If you're the kid that doesn't fit in, they get posted all over social media,. It can certainly contribute to other more severe disorders like like major depressive disorder, self injurious behaviors, even OCD.
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