social phobia

anxiety

Persistent apprehensive distress

• panicUncontrollable sudden fear
• nervousnessState of anxious unease
• fearEmotional response to threat

dread · sweating · trembling · blushing · nausea · palpitations · hypervigilance · avoidance · self-consciousness · embarrassment

shyness

Tendency toward social timidity

• timidityFearful lack of courage
• insecurityUncertainty about oneself
• bashfulnessTimid self-consciousness

diffidence · reticence · inhibition · self-doubt · shame · humiliation · scrutiny · judgment · rejection · inadequacy

withdrawal

Act of taking away

• avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
• isolationComplete separation from others
• seclusionVoluntary withdrawal from society

reclusiveness · evasion · hesitation · silence · escape · overpreparation · people-pleasing · masking · canceling plans · screening calls

public speaking

Addressing a live audience

• partiesOrganized social gatherings
• meetingsOrganized group assemblies
• strangersPeople unknown to you

crowds · dating · interviews · performance · confrontation · small talk · phone calls · authority figures · networking · introductions

exposure therapy

Anxiety treatment through confrontation

• cognitive-behavioral therapyTreatment restructuring harmful thought patterns
• CBTPsychological treatment abbreviation
• psychotherapyTreatment through guided conversation

counseling · group therapy · assertiveness training · desensitization · mindfulness · relaxation techniques · antidepressants · SSRIs · anxiolytics · beta-blockers

• Anxietyanxiety, nervousness, panic, worry, generalized anxiety
• child distressanxiety, fear of dark, fearfulness, nervousness, nightmares
• social fearsfear of judgment, fear of rejection, fear of embarrassment, shyness, self-consciousness
• timiditybashfulness, shyness, timidness, timorousness, meekness
• social disordersselective mutism, relationship anxiety, fear of judgment, fear of embarrassment, avoidance behavior
• isolationloneliness, quarantine, seclusion, lockdown, solitude