World Social Anxiety Day – February 1, 2020

World Social Anxiety Day will be on February 1st, 2020. A group of people suffering with social anxiety disorder have decided to put their strengths to instituzionalize this day. Contacts with psychological associations all over the world are now in the process. Seminars and conferences about social anxiety are encouraged and we remember that this theme regards 7% of world population (15 million americans suffers with social anxiety). As reported on Wikipedia, Social anxiety disorder (SAD), also known as social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations, causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life.These fears can be triggered by perceived or actual scrutiny from others. Individuals with social anxiety disorder fear negative evaluation from other people. We hope this day could help to spread awareness about this topic of which they don’t talk about  enough.

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