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Shyness is a phenomena which does inevitably affect everyone at one point or another in their lives. It affects some people to a much greater extent than others, but the reasons for this are not completely understood. Why do we feel shy, or awkward in certain situations and not others? What is...

Hello everyone! I'm doing a research study as part of my university degree, investigating the relationship between SOCIAL ANXIETY and Social Networking Websites. Research like this is useful in gaining more insight into Social Anxiety and how to deal with it - I guess this is my way of dealing...

Hi Everyone, My name is Rachel and I am currently working with Researchers at Ryerson University who are investigating treatments for Social Anxiety Disorder. We are investigating Cognitive Behavioural therapy as well as Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based therapy. This study will soon come...

I looked up afraid to work/get a job on the internet and it came up so I read through the defintion and symptoms and researched and knew that was me. I was just looking to see if other people were afraid to as well and found out I had a disorder! My doc. just thought I was depressed and would...

From an article in this week's New Scientist, precis'd, possibly badly, by me. Troops suffering the stress of combat or the stress of "survival, evasion, resistance and escape" (SERE) training can suffer from disruption of key functions of the brain's prefrontal cortex, including planning...