Social Anxiety Disorders: A Case Study

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It appears that Leon struggle with Social Anxiety Disorder, with a possible comorbidity of major depression.
To begin, the crippling disfunction Leon is presenting with in this review appears to line up with social anxiety disorder. Leon comments on how he does not enjoy the fact that he never had a girlfriend-he was terrified of girls, as well as struggled consistently speaking in front of others, adults as a small child, a child called on in class, this lead to limited acquaintances, with not close friends (OCD & Anxiety Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #29, 2014). His work also is limited to career with little interact with others-working the night shift for the post office and declining the multiple promotions given, strictly out of

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