The psychosocial causes of social anxiety disorder (SAD) include factors in the environment that influence you as you grow up. It is true that if one of your parents have social anxiety disorder, then you are more likely to develop the disorder yourself.
Is this because you share similar gene structure or is it because you were raised in a particular way? It is likely a combination of the two. In addition to receiving your parents' genes, you also learn from their behavior and from what they tell you (both verbally and non-verbally) about social situations.
Your upbringing can also impact the likelihood that you will develop SAD. You are more likely to develop the disorder if: * As a child you were not exposed to enough social situations and were not allowed to develop appropriate social skills. * One or both of your parents was rejecting, controlling, critical or overprotective. Children that do not form a proper attachment to their primary caregiver are at greater risk because they lack the ability to calm and soothe themselves when in stressful situations
People often feel nervous meeting a new person or speaking in front of a group. However, social anxiety disorder sufferers become overwhelmingly anxious and self conscious even in everyday social situations.
Intense and persistent fear of being scrutinized by others or of doing something embarrassing are feeling people with social anxiety disorder have. They cannot overcome these feelings, even though, they find their own anxiety unreasonable.
As a result, people with social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, tend to avoid the social situations they fear. That can make their situation worse by interfering with work, ordinary activities, and the ability to make friends.
Eating in front of others, or speaking to authority figures are often feared in people with social anxiety disorders. Some people are afraid to speak to anyone other than their family. - 32513
Is this because you share similar gene structure or is it because you were raised in a particular way? It is likely a combination of the two. In addition to receiving your parents' genes, you also learn from their behavior and from what they tell you (both verbally and non-verbally) about social situations.
Your upbringing can also impact the likelihood that you will develop SAD. You are more likely to develop the disorder if: * As a child you were not exposed to enough social situations and were not allowed to develop appropriate social skills. * One or both of your parents was rejecting, controlling, critical or overprotective. Children that do not form a proper attachment to their primary caregiver are at greater risk because they lack the ability to calm and soothe themselves when in stressful situations
People often feel nervous meeting a new person or speaking in front of a group. However, social anxiety disorder sufferers become overwhelmingly anxious and self conscious even in everyday social situations.
Intense and persistent fear of being scrutinized by others or of doing something embarrassing are feeling people with social anxiety disorder have. They cannot overcome these feelings, even though, they find their own anxiety unreasonable.
As a result, people with social anxiety disorder, or social phobia, tend to avoid the social situations they fear. That can make their situation worse by interfering with work, ordinary activities, and the ability to make friends.
Eating in front of others, or speaking to authority figures are often feared in people with social anxiety disorders. Some people are afraid to speak to anyone other than their family. - 32513
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