Many people are uncomfortable or experience minor anxieties when pushed into a new situation or a crowd of unfamiliar people. Unfortunately, for about 10 percent of Americans, social anxiety is severe enough to be disabling. Experts now estimate that a much larger number of people may deal with more mild types of anxiety in social situations that can cause significant issues in everyday interactions.
The term for this type of anxiety is ‘social phobia’. Read More
Now more than ever, scientific surveys are proving the fundamental responsibility of stress in triggering or aggravating various psychological and physical disorders. In the June 6, 1983 issue of Time Magazine, the cover story called stress “The Epidemic of the Eighties.” The article also claimed that stress is a leading health problem.
There is very little doubt that the world has become a lot more complex and stressful in the last twenty-five years since that article was published. Read More