Social Anxiety in Fiction

[Percy]

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.

[Aelwyn]

Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird. Well he seems to be socially anxious, maybe also on the spectrum.

[Dougella]

I always thought that Beth from Little Women had social anxiety.

[Percy]

I wonder if Mary Bennit from Pride and Prejudice had social anxiety

[Dougella]

^ 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?

[Percy]

You have an excellent memory Miss Dougella.

[Dougella]

^ ^ For some things! I can't remember any of the maths I learned at school

[Percy]

Neither can i, you're not alone there.

[Dougella]

I wondered if Neville Longbottom from Harry Potter has SA.

[Pink*Lady]

Originally Posted by Dougella

I always thought that Beth from Little Women had social anxiety.

I did as well.

[choirgirl]

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.

[Percy]

Mary Bennet could have been both of course.