What Is Social Anxiety?
6. Complications
The symptoms of social anxiety disorder can make life uneasy for the patient, while it can also lead to further complications. They can begin to withdraw from society altogether, and any relationships they do have may suffer as a result. Withdrawal from school and work can mean that their academic and professional performance will suffer.
Patients with social anxiety disorder may also turn to drinking heavily, and they may also turn to recreational drugs. While these might provide short term relief for the patient, they are only likely to make things a lot worse in the long term. In more severe cases, the patient may even try to take their own life.
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