It may not be easy at first to seek help for a condition like social anxiety disorder, which can make you reluctant to speak to strangers. But if you're at the point where you avoid social contact ...

Severe illness or chronic health condition ... from unfamiliar people and places during childhood can be linked to social anxiety in teens and adults. Low self-esteem. Negative perceptions ...

Other medications they may prescribe to help manage specific symptoms include: Severe social anxiety may feel different for each person. It can present with physical symptoms, such as a racing ...

Oxytocin might be able to help people with severe social anxiety, autism, or even schizophrenia. For many of these conditions, available treatments work for only a portion of patients. Professor ...

The study also revealed that people with high affective empathy (the ability to feel others’ emotions) and low cognitive empathy experienced more severe social anxiety. In other words ...

Our 14-year-old son is attending CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) for severe social anxiety and suicidal ideation. Every so often he experiences a really down day and finds it ...

In a since-deleted Reddit post, the boy’s parents revealed that when they first adopted him, the child struggled with severe social anxiety and fear of strangers due to past abuse.

Of course, these little acts of bravery can’t replace legit professional mental health care—especially if you have severe social anxiety. But according to the experts I spoke with, it’s not ...