Written by Vineeta Sathiamoorthy
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Written by Vineeta Sathiamoorthy
The HELL in saying hello and the GOOD in goodbye. The feeling every social anxiety sufferer despairs of. Described as the fear one has in situations that involve interaction with other people, social anxiety is an omnipresent feeling that takes no prisoners. Yet, while it may take a few hundred nervous laughs and feigning interest to get me through a day, I’ve learnt it can be more ABILITATing than Debilitating.
According to recent mental health statistics, mixed anxiety and depression is the most common mental disorder in Britain with around ten per cent of people admitting to it. Before you go burying your head in a family packet of crisps, anxiety doesn’t automatically make you a failure. Famous faces that have suffered from it include sassy and opinionated writer/actress Lena Dunham, screen siren Elizabeth Taylor and even the late queen of put-downs, Joan Rivers. Would you consider these women as fearful or fearless?