SA is like cancer. You may have terminal lung cancer and I may have a mild skin cancer but it's still cancer - Thunder
I've even been to a support group once where a person just up and decided they didn't have social anxiety disorder after all, how nice for them - Lostsoul
(http://www.socialanxietysupport.com...sorder-isn-t-a-good-enough-description-19562/)
are there no labels that could provide at least a touch of provocation, so as to elicit a possible moment of attention to our actual experiential condition, from others? ...
clinical terms seem no more effective than just stating a personality trait or symptom of the condition, which, however, isn't formal enough by itself to elicit sincere concern. adding "disorder" to the dominant trait is not exactly groundbreaking at this pitifully indifferent stage of societal acceptance for, specifically: any of the anxiety/depression/personality disorder spectra of mental illness. not very convincing:
SAD; GAD; social phobia; anxiety disorder; personality disorder; "SA", <lol>; "antisocial"; "narcissistic"; "avoidant"; "delusional" ...
these could help a bit, but not much:
agoraphobia; schizophrenia; clinical depression; "manic"; "bi-polar"; OCD; "dissociative"; "borderline", BPD ...
in spite of the degree of the affliction you're dealing with, nothing really cuts it when it comes to attempting a casual explanation, outside of a hospital or doctor's office. all too vague, theoretical, abstract and/or diluted by instinctively ignored and therefore unprofitable social stigmas (the built in paradox of a passive mental disorder). of course, passivity will typically be reciprocated by another instance of passivity, as that's the simplest counterbalance to an involuntary crutch ...
the extremes can't seem to begin to balance out the generalizations. we're screwed, and society is fine with that as the default. no need to make a fuss about nothing, unless you're the nothing.
I've even been to a support group once where a person just up and decided they didn't have social anxiety disorder after all, how nice for them - Lostsoul
(http://www.socialanxietysupport.com...sorder-isn-t-a-good-enough-description-19562/)
are there no labels that could provide at least a touch of provocation, so as to elicit a possible moment of attention to our actual experiential condition, from others? ...
clinical terms seem no more effective than just stating a personality trait or symptom of the condition, which, however, isn't formal enough by itself to elicit sincere concern. adding "disorder" to the dominant trait is not exactly groundbreaking at this pitifully indifferent stage of societal acceptance for, specifically: any of the anxiety/depression/personality disorder spectra of mental illness. not very convincing:
SAD; GAD; social phobia; anxiety disorder; personality disorder; "SA", <lol>; "antisocial"; "narcissistic"; "avoidant"; "delusional" ...
these could help a bit, but not much:
agoraphobia; schizophrenia; clinical depression; "manic"; "bi-polar"; OCD; "dissociative"; "borderline", BPD ...
in spite of the degree of the affliction you're dealing with, nothing really cuts it when it comes to attempting a casual explanation, outside of a hospital or doctor's office. all too vague, theoretical, abstract and/or diluted by instinctively ignored and therefore unprofitable social stigmas (the built in paradox of a passive mental disorder). of course, passivity will typically be reciprocated by another instance of passivity, as that's the simplest counterbalance to an involuntary crutch ...
the extremes can't seem to begin to balance out the generalizations. we're screwed, and society is fine with that as the default. no need to make a fuss about nothing, unless you're the nothing.