“There is more to stuttering than the mere repetition of words and phrases. And more to anxiety than just being nervous.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
The shy and the extroverted have this in common — that they both fancy they are the center of attention. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
“I think Vaughn has Social Anxiety Disorder but he's too much of a control freak to give in to it.” — Sarra Manning Copy Share Image
For most of my life, I was a worrier and an over-thinker. I had pretty bad social anxiety. — Rob Corddry Copy Share Image
No one is moved to act, or resolves to speak a single word, who does not hope by means of this action… — Ibn Hazm Copy Share Image
“In familiar surroundings our manners are cheerful and easy, but only transport us to places where we know no one and no… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
I had social anxiety to the max. I was scared of my own shadow! But as I grew, I got more comfortable… — Ser'Darius Blain Copy Share Image
“What we can see in most societies is the gravity of suffering, tears of sorrow and nightmares of hopelessness.” — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
“Even now it comes as a shock if by chance I notice in the street a face resembling someone I know however… — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
“The more you understand about anxiety, the more you will be able to control it. Remember, social anxiety is not some abstract… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
I don't know how to really talk about this, but... if you're an insecure, shy, flustered person and you're put in all… — Ellie Rowsell Copy Share Image
I don't mind being recognized, it's just that I have a bit of social anxiety, and this situation has increased it. The… — Simon Helberg Copy Share Image
“I've found out that I may be more awkward than I thought I was, but then I never saw anyone because I… — Richard Ayoade Copy Share Image
“[A]s I stepped over the curb, I became excruciatingly aware of my skin color, and my heart pounded with social anxiety. In… — Jared Taylor Copy Share Image
“People afflicted with social anxiety should be comforted by the simple fact that nobody gives a rat’s ass about them. ========== Dead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I definitely have an alter ego that can come out and get me out of situations where I'm having social anxiety. I… — Lindy Booth Copy Share Image
“ Problems in the Workplace This section shows how the problems you have in school carry over into the workplace. If you… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“ When Does Social Anxiety Appear? Social anxiety can develop at any age. Many people remember feeling afraid during social situations as… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“Groups are, in a sense, a microcosm of the real world. In all groups, there are leaders and followers . . .… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“When your social anxiety becomes so great that you have to avoid the specific situation that causes it, you are dealing with… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“ Replace Maladaptive Thoughts with Coping Statements When you feel anxious in social situations, you probably have many false beliefs and maladaptive… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
“The government of Pakistan is yet to understand that the insurgency is not the disease but the symptoms of the disease. If… — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image
“Picture the athlete at the starting line of a race—adrenaline pumping, energy flowing, muscles tightening, skin aglow with anticipatory perspiration, heart beating… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
“Shyness is not necessarily a problem. It can be a very nice aspect of your personality. Many introverted celebrities, such as Chelsea… — Heather Moehn Copy Share Image
From restless thoughts, that, like a deadly swarm Of hornets arm'd, no sooner found alone, But rush upon me thronging. — John Milton Copy Share Image
“Paul walked with something screwed up tight inside him. He would have suffered much physical pain rather than this unreasonable suffering at… — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
Social anxiety- When someone doesn't text you back, and the reasonable part of you knows they're probably busy, but the anxiety convinces… — Amanda Day Copy Share Image
“I don't want to say hello, nor do I want him to know that I've seen him and failed to say hello.” — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
You don't feel like you have to interact with a whole bunch of people when you get on Flipboard. It's not a… — Mike McCue Copy Share Image
I did have friends who have suffered from schizophrenia and mild dissociative identity disorder, as well as more extreme cases of social… — Sam Esmail Copy Share Image
“Though I am naturally curious about people, I'm also naturally uneasy when they are right in front of me; when I am… — Sara Baume Copy Share Image
“I swear that I will never cause trouble for anybody, as long as I live!! So please! Nobody cause any trouble for… — Minoru Furuya Copy Share Image
“Show me what you've written," I said, although I wanted desperately to avoid looking at it.” — Osamu Dazai Copy Share Image
We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had some social anxiety when I was younger because I wasn't surrounded by many people in my life. — Chloe Kim Copy Share Image
A very sensitive person in this stupid world is bound to become mad… Only meditation can save him from becoming mad. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
I've always been comfortable with my gayness, but I was intimidated by the social anxiety. — Syd Copy Share Image
What makes me deeply vulnerable? Probably the thing I suffer most from and have the most uncontrollable reactions from is still social… — Alex Ebert Copy Share Image
“But he was quite consciously afraid of society, which he knew by instinct to be a malevolent, partly insane beast.” — D.H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“Patriotism, currently, is nothing but the deadly evolution of narrow minded politics which has distorted language.” — Nilantha Ilangamuwa Copy Share Image