Social Anxiety in Fiction
A thread for those cases where social anxiety has been shown in fiction
The Big Bang Theory, the character Lucy who Raj dates for a while had crippling social anxiety. |
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Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. Well he seems to be socially anxious, maybe also on the spectrum.
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I always thought that Beth from Little Women had social anxiety.
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I wonder if Mary Bennit from Pride and Prejudice had social anxiety
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^ Jane Austen was very good at writing characters with so many different personality types and quirks. What were the sisters called......Jane, Elizabeth, Kitty, Lydia and Mary?
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You have an excellent memory Miss Dougella.
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^ ^ For some things! I can't remember any of the maths I learned at school :laughing:
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Neither can i, you're not alone there.:laughing:
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I wondered if Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter has SA.
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There was a recent adaptation where they suggested Beth had social anxiety.
I see Mary Bennet as perhaps being autistic rather than socially anxious, although my recollections may not be quite accurate. |
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Mary Bennet could have been both of course.
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