Hey everyone, this is my attempt at analyzing the etiology of General Social Anxiety Disorder.
What is General Anxiety Disorder
Someone mentioned in one of my other threads that GSAD is more than just a phobia. Well, they were right, it's a complex phobia. GSAD is an obsessive, and irrational fear of criticism or rejection by other people in a wide range of situations, brought on by an underlying fear of being "defective". The anxiety disorder is complex because it has two components, a general phobia and a specific phobia. In contrast, Performance Specific Social Phobia (e.g. fear of speaking, fear of bathrooms, etc) is a simple phobia in which the person fears that they will be embarrassed when subjected to criticism in a specific situation. In both cases, the phobias are "social" because the phobic fears the appraisal of other people in social situations. The difference lies in the generality of the anxiety provoking circumstances.
Subtypes of General Social Anxiety Disorder
* I will add the greek names when I find them in that gigantic list I posted. I will also update this list here with more entries as I become aware of them.
1. Atelophobia - Fear of being substandard.
2. Fear of being stupid or foolish.
3. Fear of being ugly.
4. Fear of blushing.
5. Fear of spasming.
What is General Anxiety Disorder
Someone mentioned in one of my other threads that GSAD is more than just a phobia. Well, they were right, it's a complex phobia. GSAD is an obsessive, and irrational fear of criticism or rejection by other people in a wide range of situations, brought on by an underlying fear of being "defective". The anxiety disorder is complex because it has two components, a general phobia and a specific phobia. In contrast, Performance Specific Social Phobia (e.g. fear of speaking, fear of bathrooms, etc) is a simple phobia in which the person fears that they will be embarrassed when subjected to criticism in a specific situation. In both cases, the phobias are "social" because the phobic fears the appraisal of other people in social situations. The difference lies in the generality of the anxiety provoking circumstances.
Subtypes of General Social Anxiety Disorder
* I will add the greek names when I find them in that gigantic list I posted. I will also update this list here with more entries as I become aware of them.
1. Atelophobia - Fear of being substandard.
2. Fear of being stupid or foolish.
3. Fear of being ugly.
4. Fear of blushing.
5. Fear of spasming.
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