Shyness and social anxiety can be very detrimental to the quality of the lives of those who suffer from them. It is a common mistake to think that they are one and the same, but that is not the case. If you suffer from social anxiety, then you will display symptoms of shyness, but you can display symptoms of shyness, even quite severe ones, without actually having a social anxiety disorder. Being shy is actually not that uncommon at all, and most people suffer from it at some point in their life. Social anxiety on the other hand manifests itself in a variety of ways that does not only include shyness. People often find it hard to differentiate between the two, so lets now look at the underlying characteristics of each of them, with the intention of making it easier. Lets take a young girl being presented by her parents to a young boy as an example. The young girl may exhibit shyness in the form of being unable to talk to the young boy. Social phobia on the other hand may inhibit the young girl from even showing herself in the presence of the young boy. In that manner, one can say that shyness is a milder form of social anxiety. Still, though social anxiety can be described as an amplified form of shyness, shyness is often not the best indicator than someone has social anxiety. Therefore, for a diagnosis of social anxiety to be made, someone must display more characteristics of social anxiety than just shyness. For example, someone suffering from social anxiety often trembles and physically cannot say words properly. The good news is that both shyness and social anxiety are now treatable, as not so long ago medical professionals did not really know how to deal with them. Help is there for those that want it, and they should ask for it as soon as they feel that their problem is affecting their ability to make the progress in their life that they would like to. There are a range of methods of treatment available, all of which have been proven to work.
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