Social phobia affects over 15 million Americans each year, making it the 3rd largest psychological problem in the United States.

Different circumstances may produce an attack of social phobia such us:

  • meeting new people,

  • being watched,

  • being the center of attention

  • observed while you’re doing something,

  • looking someone in the eye…

People suffering from social anxiety disorders may also experience physical symptoms like blushing, dry throat, sweating, palpitating, and many more..

Many people think that social anxiety or social phobia is the same thing as a panic disorder, but these two conditions are quite different. Patients suffering from social phobia do not experience panic attacks.

Patients with social phobia often suffer from lack of personal relationships, inability to gain and keep employment, or even substance abuse, alcoholism, etc…

Cognitive-behavior therapy has been quite successful in the treatment for social phobia. Most people that suffer from it realize that they have no valid reason to feel the way they do, but they still can’t seem to help themselves.

Like most people suffering from anxiety disorder symptoms, patients suffering from social phobia are misdiagnosed approximately 90% of the time. They are often mistakenly labeled as manic-depressive, panic disordered, schizophrenic or clinically depressed.