A social anxiety, prevents you from talking to people, meeting new people, or even do the simplest task as say hello to a somebody you don't know well.
Social Phobia Example
Student: *walks*
Teacher: Hello Student!
Student: *tries to say something, but too ashamed, so ignores*
Teacher: That was rude...
A highly debilitating mental disease in which the sufferer has an irrational fear of social situations. This may manifest itself as excessive sweating, trembling, a shaky and/or inaudibly quiet voice, facial blushing, or basically anything else that you wouldn't want to happen. This could be brought on by specific situations, such as giving a speach, or, for those of us that are extremely unlucky, anytime someone so much as glances in our general direction. While talking to a social phobic, he/she probably won't make eye contact and might talk very quietly. He or she is NOT a freak, as much as you might want to call them one.
Social Phobia is not to be confused with shyness. Shyness is an emotion that all people experience, SP is a disease for a select few.
Emotions = good
Diseases = bad
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