The Effects Of Social Anxiety

Imagine feeling out of control of your own mind. Imagine people romanticizing on social media the exact thing that makes you feel like all the oxygen has been taken from your lungs. That 's what happens when you have anxiety. People claim that they have the one thing that has taken over almost every part of your life, because they were nervous for approximately 1.07 seconds. Self-diagnosis and social media has thrown the word anxiety out so many times that it doesn 't justify the effects it has on people who really have anxiety. Anxiety isn 't just one disorder, there are 6 major ones and many ones under those categories. People with anxiety have so many things to deal with on a daily basis, social anxiety causing them to miss out on all the …show more content…
It makes talking to people harder and being social almost impossible... school becomes a lot more stressful." She has been medically diagnosed with social anxiety disorder. We have social anxiety in common, and we have helped each other cope. Social anxiety affects so many peoples ' everyday lives and affects many people in todays society. It can cause friendships to grow stronger or fall apart. Parents who don 't understand the disorder can become impatient or make their child 's anxiety worse, causing resentment. Personal relationships fail because their boyfriend or girlfriend might not be able to deal with or understand the disorder either. They wouldn 't be able to go on dates because their social anxiety causes them to avoid going out in public and meeting people. It could make going to school feel impossible and harder than it already is. I stopped wanting to go to school because I became so overwhelmed and drained, it had a huge toll on me. It is why I am doing online school now, and while you may think it would make it worse, it has done the opposite. I feel so much better and going out is a lot less stressful. If I didn 't start doing online school who knows where I would be right now, but I know it wouldn 't be pleasant. It doesn 't just affect the person with anxiety, but it affects everyone around them and their entire life. However, it is not the only form …show more content…
Feeling like it will be the last goodbye every time your parents or loved one leaves the house is something difficult to live with. "Children with the disorder become extremely upset whenever they separate from their primary caregiver... [it] affects approximately two to five percent of children," "Separation Anxiety Disorder - Massachusetts General Hospital". It is not only physically disabling, but it affects the sufferer and their loved ones. Even the thought of them leaving can cause extreme anxiousness and make it hard to let them go. It affects loved ones because they would not want to leave because of how upset they can get. Some of them don 't even want to go to sleep in their own room because they will be away from their loved ones. This makes going to school even more of a challenge than school is on it 's own because that is a big part of their day where they won 't be around their loved