Posted by Michael Bell on November 18, 2008, at 20:58:18
In reply to Re: SP is not paranoia, posted by LostBoyinNCBecksDark on November 18, 2008, at 20:50:37
> > The fact that you just said "Social phobia is a twenty dollar word psychiatry word for shyness" completely undermines anything else you have to say on this subject. Social Phobia is, by definition, not mere shyness. Ask anyone with social phobia. Thanks for your input though.
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> When the drug companies started getting SSRIs approved for "social phobia" a lot of people were skeptical. There was a lot of "wow now a drug for shyness." SP IS SHYNESS!
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> There is nothing in the DSM-IV about social phobia having anything to do with paranoia or other psychotic symptoms. Read it for yourself if you dont believe me.
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> Social phobia is a personality trait, not a major mental illness. If you dont want to be afraid of social situations and not be introverted anymore, you should probably ask your parents if they could have married someone else before they had you.
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> Good luck when you f*ck yourself all up with TD or EPS or type II diabetes from messing with anti-psychotics for social phobia! I almost want to say, hey, you deserved it!
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> LostBoyinNC
> >Wow. Just... wow.
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