Awareness: The scale
Social anxiety affects people are varying intensities, or “a scale” from slightly inconvenient to life-threatening.
- Moderate to extreme debilitation in high-stake social situations (such as tests, interviews, public speaking, etc.)
- Moderate debilitation in specific social situations, mild symptoms on a daily basis.
- Extreme debilitation in specific social situations, mild to moderate symptoms on a daily basis.
- Extreme debilitation on a daily basis, certain situations more triggering than others.
- Extreme debilitation in every single social situation on a daily basis.
There’s also a good chance you don’t fit one single number, but you slide around the scale depending on other circumstances.
Primeval Pixie 
Good stuff to know and very interesting Thanks for the great post
Take heart and laugh
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Thanks so much! 💙
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Thanks, these are some great tips. It’s also interesting that being “mean, rude, or sassy” can be a manifestation of social anxiety. Knowing that will help me think twice before jumping to the conclusion that someone is just obnoxious.
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Yes! In some cases they might just be obnoxious haha but I definitely know cases when a person uses that as a defense mechanism for their social anxiety and can be due to paranoia of being judged or picked on. It doesn’t mean it’s excusable, but it can help you understand better.
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True, it does not excuse the behavior. Still, I think that possibility would help me dampen my own anger so that I don’t just react to their jabs.
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Oh yes! I find life to be far more peaceful when you give the benefit of the doubt 🙂 everyone is going through their own mental health issues!
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