Social Anxiety

People with SAD worry about major life issues, as well as minor, day-to-day stresses.

• True

• False

You were born an introvert; you were made socially anxious.

• True

• False

Solitude has the same effect on people with introversion and people with social anxiety.

• True

• False

People with social anxiety can “turn on” their social skills if they need to and recharge the next day.

• True

• False

Extroverts can have social anxiety.

• True

• False

Emotional and behavioural symptoms of SAD:

• Fear of being judged negatively

• They are happy meeting new people, but only on their own terms

• Fear of buying/returning something at a store

• Avoid talking on the phone

• They cannot realize that their fears are irrational

The main cause of social anxiety is:

• Genetic causes

• Environmental causes

• Brain structure causes

• All of the above

People with SAD suffer from hypoactivity in a part of the brain known as the amygdala.

• True

• False

Social anxiety disorder symptoms typically start in the teenage years.

• True

• False

Social anxiety disorder is just a learned behavior.

• True

• False