Social Anxiety Symptoms

Updated 14 April 2026

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Social anxiety is a mental health condition. It is also known as social anxiety disorder or social phobia.

Symptoms

Which ones do you experience?
Thoughts
24
Worry
about being anxious in social situations, and public humiliation, scrutiny, rejection or embarrassment
Feelings
22
Anxiety
significant
16
Distress
significant
Behaviours
21
Avoidance
or endurance of social situations
8
Impairment
significant
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