Is there a difference between social phobia and social anxiety, and if so, what?
Answer:
Yes;
Anxiety is usually developed through some unfortunate experiences in undesirable circumstances that have left their marks on the individual, hence they affect this person's future actions in the environment that triggers those memories.
Phobia, is embedded deeper in the psyche and a person could be born with it. Professional help through a psychiatrist is the best and healthiest way to deal with it.
Hope this helps.
In general, a phobia is an irrational fear toward a specific thing/object/situation, while anxiety is more simply the set of emotional, physical, and thought processes connected to a specific thing/object/situation. So the major difference is that a phobia is irrational, whereas anxiety can be either irrational or rational. But the experience of social anxiety is for many people no less annoying and painful than a social phobia.
As for what to do about it, I wouldn't send my worst enemy to a psychiatrist. With all due respect to the previous poster, most psychiatrists have only one solution for problems: drugs. If that's what you want, then fine; but if you want a more rounded, holistic, and safer solution, then see a psychologist, social worker, or another type of clinician who uses numerous, scientifically supported treatment options, such as cognitive-behavioral therapy.
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