I've found as I got older I got better at dealing with SA, or basically just stopped being so concerned about how I was percieved, by my 30's I had reduced it alot, maybe this is why we have most users here in there teens and early twenties, I'd say thats when the condition peaks.
Agreed, at this stage in life, whether kids our age or younger want to admit, how we're seen and perceived is a worry. It will always be that way for anyone at this point in their life, with school and pressures of friends. It's sad but hopefully something that will correct itself as that said person gets older.