Understanding Anxiety Ver. 2 | Page 13

Social Anxiety Disorder Symptoms:

○ Overwhelming worry and self-consciousness about everyday

social situations.

○ Worry often centers on a fear of being judged by others, or

behaving in a way that might cause embarrassment or lead to

ridicule

○ Difficulty making friends and having a hard time talking to

others

○ Feeling nauseous or sick around others

Specific Phobia Symptoms:

○ An intense fear of a specific object or situation, such as spiders,

heights or flying, for example

○ The level of fear is usually inappropriate to the situation

○ Fear causes avoiding common, everyday situations