What age has the most social anxiety?

Social anxiety disorder typically starts in childhood or adolescence. Among individuals who seek treatment as adults the median age of onset is in the early to mid-teens with most people having developed the condition before they reach their 20s.



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What are the symptoms of social anxiety disorder?
  • feeling anxious in social situations.
  • feeling self-conscious around other people.
  • increased heartbeat, sweating, dizziness, and trembling.
  • blushing or stammering when speaking.
  • upset stomach — diarrhoea or feeling sick.


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Anxiety disorder is the most treatable of all mental illnesses. Anxiety disorder produces unrealistic fears, excessive worry, flashbacks from past trauma leading to easy startling, changes in sleep patterns, intense tension and ritualistic behavior.

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