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social phobia

noun

  1. psychol a type of anxiety disorder characterized by shyness and heightened self-consciousness in particular social situations
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Intrigued by shyness, Zimbardo founded the Stanford Shyness Clinic to uncover the roots of anxiety, panic and social phobia.

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Another, represented by a robotlike avatar and the username UncleTuskle, said that “as a person with social phobia, it’s easier for me to be here†than in a physical church.

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Besides depression, it has been used to treat conditions including bulimia, panic attacks, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder and drug abuse.

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They took him to a psychologist, who said the boy had developed a social phobia.

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The incident triggered intense depression, social phobia and panic disorder, Kwon said.

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