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Why do I get nervous when people laugh?
Nervous laughter happens for a number of reasons. Some research suggests that your body uses this sort of mechanism to regulate emotion. Other research has found that nervous laughter may be a defense mechanism against emotions that may make us feel weak or vulnerable. Either way, it’s pretty weird to experience.
Only a trained mental health professional, such as a psychiatrist or psychologist, can diagnose a mental health disorder like social anxiety. While you cannot self-diagnose, you can take steps to figure out if your symptoms are the result of normal shyness or if they could be something more.
What is mild-to- moderate social anxiety?
Mild-to-moderate social anxiety is still social anxiety, and inpatient and outpatient treatment programs are still appropriate and usually highly effective for those who experience social anxiety in any form or at any level of intensity. What Is the Difference Between Social Anxiety and Social Phobia?
How do I know if I have high-functioning social anxiety?
Call for a Free Confidential Assessment. The symptoms of some with high-functioning social anxiety were always mild or moderate.
A person who doesn’t have social anxiety can usually brush off an awkward social moment and move on. For the socially anxious, however, the fear of embarrassment is too intense to brush off these types of incidents. Often times, you can’t stop thinking about the mistake. You’ll replay it over and over in your head.
Social anxiety disorder is a mental health condition that impacts the lives of millions of Americans. After treatment and other efforts to get better many people with severe social anxiety improve dramatically, to the point where they can be classified as high-functioning.