I don't feel my SA is very severe, severe yes, but not very severe b/c I can face people in certain situations , I do leave my house, I'm still in school, ect. otherwise I am still functional with SA which is more than some people can say. I actually took this and got a 126 at first but went back and changed a few of my answers and then got a 119 (it's sorta hard to rank your fear and avoidance levels)
63 (fear) + 55 (avoidance) = 118
i go to school & work as a waitress (so stressful). maybe you and i have just learned to cope or push ourselves more than others. i force myself to endure stressful situations but it doesn't mean the anxiety has subsided. i would rather crawl into a hole, fetal position than go to work but i have to rationalize things. will the long term benefit of going to work outweigh the short term comfort of hiding away? yes, therefore i push myself.
I was hoping I would be moderate. I didnt think I was THAT bad. It really depends on the situation. And like someone else said on here... im not in a lot of the situations the questions asked so I had to guess what I might do.
i got 115(got 100 or so a year ago, and 120+ the year before)
though the accuracy of such tests is questionable.
social phobia is a mental issue, and as such, it's very hard to "test" levels of anxiety or avoidance.
My score (34) places me in the healthy range but I would beg to differ. If there were more questions about interacting with people I ALREADY know, it would be much higher...
Not very surprising. The last one really hit home. "Resisting a high pressure sales person." I was shopping for a new wrist watch recently and I had to dodge so many sales people and if they came up asking if I wanted to see something in the case I'd get all red-faced saying "oh, no thanks" and quickly walk away from the counter.