Social Anxiety "Are you scared to go outside?"
"What is Social Anxiety Disorder?"
Social Anxiety is classified as a chronic mental health condition in which social interactions cause irrational anxiety. As our ability to surf the inter-webs increases, our abilities to interact and share and process emotional data diminishes. Be it over stimulation, chronic masturbation, obesity, lack of a frontal lobe.. Whatever might be provoking your social anxieties, just know you are not alone!
- About 15 million American adults have social anxiety disorder
- Typical age of onset: 13 years old
- 36 percent of people with social anxiety disorder report symptoms for 10 or more years before seeking help
Triggers
Avoid Prescription Drugs
The go to drug for doctors prescribing patients suffering from a wide range of anxieties are classified as "Benzodiazepines"
In recent years a study done in the "American Journal of Public Health" has shown an increase in the mortality rates from benzodiazepine overdoses.
Popular music trends, with artists such as "Future", have promoted the use of these drugs and have attributed to a staggering demand in todays youth culture, kids ranging from 12-25..Below is just one of many songs used to pay homage to the care-free feeling these pills provide..
Conclusion
We need to stop avoiding our problems and learn how to communicate with each other again. We need to learn to go through the natural grieving processes that life has embedded within, to allow us to learn move on from tough situations. We can not keep taking drugs that make us numb to our senses and numb to our emotions and the emotions of our peers..
Quitting benzodiazepines is a process and should not be taken lightly. The withdrawal from Benzos is far more severe than even the worst heroin addiction. If you are struggling with an addiction to Benzos, or any anti-depressant, please seek help.
Wow great post! @mikedean