People with social anxiety have Negative thoughts towards themselves and a significant anxiety leading them little by little to avoid situations where they have to come into contact with other people.

People with this phobia pay close attention to the behaviors of others and always interpret them negatively. They feel like others reject and criticize them. They often have low self-esteem as well as many negative thoughts such as: 

• “I suck” 
• “I’m not going to get there” 
• “I’m going to humiliate myself again”

The main fears and situations feared by people with social phobia are:

• fear of speaking in public;
• fear of blushing in public;
• fear of eating or drinking in public;
• fear of attending meetings;
• fear of performance situations (exams, tests, etc.);
• fear of being teased
• fear of having to phone unfamiliar people.

Faced with these fears, the person initially tries to hold on by controlling himself, but this permanent stress gradually leads him to flee and avoid these social situations.

Finally, the significant anxiety generated by a feared situation often evolves into a panic attack with physical symptoms such as an increased heart rate, the occurrence of dizziness, a feeling of suffocation, tremors, flushing, etc …