The society that we live in often ignores issues like social anxiety or how have we become accustomed to these kinds of situations where a person has a fear of speaking out. According to experts, social anxiety is the most common anxiety disorder.
People do not speak up because they think they will be judged and with that fear, they feel left out. People who have this order often face bullying from people who manipulate them because they are too weak to speak against them.
We need to help the people who want to overcome their anxiety and fear of speaking, and we can only do it if we create enough awareness about getting out of this anxiety. Sometimes the person who is going through the phase of anxiety is often misunderstood by our society and they think antidepressant are the solution to their problem when in reality, the only thing that they want is some encouragement and support.
There are people who have come out of this anxiety and want to help others. I met someone a year back at an event, and he told me about his story. He told me that he had severe social anxiety and had panic attacks when he met people because he felt this constant pressure of being judged and he never felt comfortable around people. One day he decided to talk to his family about his panic attacks and they helped him in overcoming his fears. He said he would have never done it without his family who always supported him. He mentioned that family should be the first one to help otherwise the person would not be coming out of the anxiety if the family does not understand what is going on.
The first help should be from the family, and then only we can help others as a society.
