Feeling anxious, fearful, or avoidant about situations that might involve the scrutiny of others can be a part of social anxiety and social phobia. The scope and intensity of symptoms and their ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

The defining feature of social anxiety disorder (also called social phobia) is intense anxiety or fear of being judged or rejected in social or public situations. To avoid any negative perceptions, ...

When we first meet Anxiety, the latest emotion helping a 13-year-old girl named Riley in Disney's summer blockbuster "Inside Out 2," the character introduces herself by saying that Fear - another ...

There’s not always a lot of socializing going on in social anxiety, but there’s certainly a lot of thinking. People with social anxiety appear to have developed some very biased ways of thinking that ...

Being neurodivergent in corporate America can be really tough. Many corporate jobs require professionals to respond to their employers twenty four hours a day seven days a week. This can be especially ...

Jill Newby receives funding from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF), the HCF Research Foundation, and Perpetual Foundation.

ADHD rarely travels alone, and social anxiety is one of its frequent companions. Whether you can’t eat in front of other people, avoid cafes or stores due to conversations with strangers or loathe ...

Since my job as a CNN writer requires being in constant communication with various kinds of people, many are shocked when I reveal that I’ve struggled with social anxiety for years. Ever since ...