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r/socialanxiety is a subreddit with 437k members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is huge in size, and has crazy activity.
Social Anxiety is a mental illness characterised by distress in social situations which cause impaired functioning in daily life. Distress is triggered by perceived or actual scrutiny from others.
Socially anxious people may be shy/introverted, but shy/introverted people do not necessarily have Social Anxiety
Please see wiki (link below) for diagnostic criteria
Popular Themes in r/socialanxiety
#1
Pain & Anger
: "you don’t owe people shit"
38 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "I'm supposed to go on a date tomorrow, but my social anxiety is acting up and I don't think I can do it. Should I just cancel it and just say that something came up?"
13 posts
Popular Topics in r/socialanxiety
#1
Social Anxiety
: "What’s an embarrassing incident you’ve had due to your Social Anxiety"
66 posts
#2
Anxiety
: "Anyone here 40+ living with social Anxiety? How’s it going?"
56 posts
#3
Socializing
: "Need help Socializing"
18 posts
#4
Loneliness
: "This disorder will be the death of me."
14 posts
#5
Social Anxiety
: "Anyone else struggling to find real situations to practice exposure with Social Anxiety? I have an idea, but first…"
14 posts
#6
Therapy
: "I spent 10 years doing exposure Therapy and recorded most wins/losses. I’m 32 now — AMA about overcoming social anxiety and building confidence."
8 posts
#7
Job
: "Jobs"
7 posts
#8
Confidence
: "I am 15 and I don't have any Confidence,how can I fix it ?"
6 posts
#9
Work
: "How did ya'll convince yourself to get Work from office job with severe SA?"
6 posts
#10
Social
: "The one thing that's making you Socially anxious."
6 posts
Member Growth in r/socialanxiety
Yearly
+29k members(7.1%)
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