SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
Social anxiety disorder Say it’s your first day at a new job. Maybe you’re nervous or fluttery. You want to make a good impression. Those feelings are pretty normal, and may actually help you be more alert and careful. But after a few weeks, once you’re used to the job, and you know your coworkers, that nervousness usually dismiss, right? Well, for some people that foremost anxiety is really high, and stays really high over time. For those people, the fear of being judged negatively by new people might be so daunting that it affects their ability to do their job well. In fact, even the idea of having to be somewhere where they may be overlook by others might make them not want the job in the first place. This describes social anxiety disorder. It’s unclear what causes social anxiety disorder, but it’s thought to be a combination of genetic and environmental factors, like having a close relative with social anxiety disorder or being exposed to neglect or abuse. The D