Written by: Eshanee Manandhar - 28004, Grade VII
Posted on: 12 January, 2023
Social anxiety is a mental health condition where people fear different situations in which they need to meet or talk with people they do not know. Social anxiety is also called "social phobia." According to the provided and analysed information, 2.5–7% of the world's population has been affected by this, and some are still suffering from it. Social anxiety is a common anxiety as well, so we can see many people around us suffering from social anxiety.
Nowadays, whenever some people feel nervous while speaking in front of other people or talking with strangers, they just say that they have social anxiety. Telling someone, "I have social anxiety," does not mean that you are always nervous. However, most people who do not have social anxiety claim to have it.The term "social anxiety" should not be taken for fun without knowing how it actually feels. Anxiety does not only mean feeling nervous or scared while speaking in front of others or to strangers. However, when people converse with others, they constantly sweat, get headaches, overthink most things, have trouble sleeping, and so on.
Most people believe that only shy introverts can experience anxiety.But no, they are absolutely wrong. Extroverts, shy people, introverts, social people—any type of person can be attacked by social anxiety. Anxiety about social situations can affect anyone.There is no specific group of people that cannot be affected by it.
Therefore, "social anxiety" is a term that should not be joked about. The people who have been affected by social anxiety should learn how to get rid of it, as it seems that the social anxiety is controlling them rather than the people controlling their social anxiety.
