What Is Social Anxiety Disorder?
6. Complications
Social anxiety disorder can cause considerable disruption to the patient’s life. Not socializing with other people at a young age will mean the patient has poor social skills into their adulthood. They can also have difficulty asserting themselves and other people may try and take advantage of them.
The patient can also become very sensitive to criticism, and have a low self-esteem. Their academic and professional lives can also suffer, causing further harm to the patient’s self-esteem. Patients with the condition are more likely to develop problems with alcohol and substance abuse, and they are also more likely to try and commit suicide.
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