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Social Anxiety Disorder: Public Speaking
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While it is normal for people to experience anxiety about certain social or performance situations such as job interviews or public speaking, the person with SAD experiences persistent, extreme anxiety out of proportion to the actual situation. The very normality of social anxiety has meant that SAD is often undiagnosed.
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The ADAA is the only national, non-profit organization dedicated exclusively to promoting the early diagnosis, prevention and treatment of anxiety disorders. The aims of the Association are to promote professional and public awareness of anxiety disorders, stimulate research, increase the availability of treatment, and reduce the stigma surrounding anxiety disorders. To achieve these goals, the ADAA reaches out to clinicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals, as well as public policymakers, educators and consumers.
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The most common anxiety-provoking social situation is public speaking. However, other situations such as signing cheques or contracts before witnesses, using public toilets, eating and drinking in public, and talking on the phone may ... cause anxiety.
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