Posted by Michael Bell on September 4, 2004, at 23:40:59
In reply to ? for those with SP--------anyone?, posted by woolav on September 4, 2004, at 18:25:26
The current thinking is that Panic Disorder and Social Phobia have different etiologies and probably different root causes as well. It is possible to have both SP and panic attacks, but is not always the case. People with panic disorder fear the PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS of their disorder, whereas true social phobics fear the act of social interaction itself. Also, people with social phobia know that their fear is unreasonable, but no matter how much they tell themselves that, the fear always comes up in social situations.
poster:Michael Bell
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