For anyone whos not sure if theyre shy heres a comparison with social anxiety

Warmer · #1 17th January 2006, 16:28

Here a link http://www.social-anxiety-shyness-in...nces/index.htm

It compares the differences between shyness and Social Anxiety

krankenshaft · #2 17th January 2006, 19:48

SA for me

cuteshygirl · #3 17th January 2006, 19:55

definetly SA

#4 17th January 2006, 19:56

Definitely SA here.

absolution · #5 17th January 2006, 20:08

Yep, SA here too

Sara B · #6 17th January 2006, 23:23

Yeah, SA too.

diplodocus · #7 17th January 2006, 23:38

To me according to that list SA just looks like shyness times ten.

Well apart from not getting panic attacks I'd say I was SA.

яemus · #8 17th January 2006, 23:53

SA with fecking bells on

does anyone else get the "fight or flight" impulse, i.e. when cornered your insticts take over and as it says in the questionaire "desire to run away", I get that but its more impulsive and based on instinct rather than a desire and also get the impulse to slap someone when cornered too (obviously I dont its just an impulse)

Amber Fyre · #9 18th January 2006, 00:39

Well I ticked every box there, so I'm both. great! how happy that makes me (not)

I hate panic attacks. I rarely get them but they're so embarrassing. so you panic, then get embarrassed that you're panicing so panic even more.

hardy · #10 18th January 2006, 10:33

Its really quite a subtle difference according to their definition.
I think it boils down to the idea that
IF shy you basicaly feel socially incompetent

SA you feel socially incompetent plus some extra panic and before and after the event anxiety.
The SAer in addition feels that others will readily exploit and look down on or be amused etc by their social incompetence.

The shy just have some worries about their apparent social incompetence but not the highly negative SA concept of what they think others think of them.