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r/socialanxiety is a subreddit with 443k 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
For the official American Psychiatric Association definition and criteria see wiki (link in sidebar)
Popular Themes in r/socialanxiety
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Sick of my life, have no hope"
26 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "Does anybody else feel like social anxiety prevents them from being a "good person" and has a lot of guilt because of it?"
11 posts
Popular Topics in r/socialanxiety
#1
Social Anxiety
: "Does anyone feel like their Social Anxiety causes problems with memory and processing information?"
61 posts
#2
Anxiety
: "Girls fetisisizing my social Anxiety."
46 posts
#3
Social
: "Inside The Mind Of Socially Anxious Person (The Cure)"
31 posts
#4
Loneliness
: "I am 38 and struggling with extreme Loneliness and social anxiety."
16 posts
#5
Social Interactions
: "I just ordered food to my job and when I was asked if it was mines I said “No” and they took it away."
14 posts
#6
Friendship
: "I haven't made a single friend in college"
8 posts
#7
Eye Contact
: "Does anyone struggle with Eye Contact?"
6 posts
#8
Friends
: "I have zero Friends"
6 posts
#9
Lonely
: "I am so Lonely"
5 posts
#10
Family
: "Have to go to a Family party today. I want to not go....the thoughts are killing me 😭"
5 posts
Member Growth in r/socialanxiety
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+29k members(6.9%)
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