When Social Anxiety Tries to Rule Your Life
Joshua Henderson
According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America (ADAA), fifteen million Americans suffer from social anxiety. Does the story below sound familiar to you? Susan’s stomach twisted as she drove to the school. This is ridiculous, she thought. I’m only attending my son’s band concert, which he has worked so hard for every day. I’m not the one who is going tobe sitting on stage. Her stomach twisted even more as a wave of nausea hit her. She’d been dreading this night. The band consisted of forty students, and tonight each student’s family would attend along with the school staff and administration – so many people. By the time...
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