{"id":8572,"date":"2021-05-07T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/?page_id=8572"},"modified":"2023-04-19T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:35:38","slug":"social-anxiety-disorder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/social-anxiety-disorder\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Anxiety Disorder"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n\t\r\n\t\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\t\t<div class=\"section-reviewed-by section-sidebar-visible\">\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"media\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-left media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-thumbail\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/mental-health\/conditions\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/04\/cynthia-v-catchings-headshot-300x300.jpg');\"><\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-right -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"media-body media-middle\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"reviewed-by-title\">Medically reviewed by<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\" style=\"display:none;\">Cynthia Catchings<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"reviewed-by-author font-bold\">Cynthia V. Catchings, LCSW-S<\/h6>\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reviewed On: June 9, 2021<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<!--media-body -->\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>  \r\n\t\t\t<!--media -->\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<!--section-reviewed -->\r\n\r\n\t<hr class=\"section-sidebar-visible\" \/>\r\n\r\n\t\t\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"faq section\" id=\"section-faq\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-new\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"faq-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">How many people are affected by social anxiety disorder?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Social anxiety disorder is estimated to have affected about 7% of adults over the age of 18 in 2001 \u2013 2003. Among these people, 29.9% experienced serious impairment due to the disorder, 38.8% experienced moderate impairment, and 31.3% experienced mild<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nimh.nih.gov\/health\/statistics\/social-anxiety-disorder.shtml\">impairment<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">When does social anxiety disorder usually develop?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>Typically, the onset of the disorder is in childhood or adolescence. Most people develop it before their twenties. However, it\u2019s common for people with the disorder to wait until adulthood to seek treatment. Some people can pinpoint when their social anxiety began or what triggered it, such as being bullied in school, while others just recall being shy and social anxiety getting worse<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK327674\/\">over time<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"javascript:;\">What should you do if you think you have social anxiety?<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><p>If you think you might have social anxiety disorder, you can start by taking an<span>\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.talkspace.com\/assessments\/anxiety-test\">anxiety assessment<\/a>. If you\u2019re struggling with social anxiety, don\u2019t hesitate to reach out to a mental health professional. 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