Peer pressure: how well do you cope?

[tanna]

this is how you diagnose Social Anxiety Disorder

* DSM-IV DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA

A. A marked and persistent fear of one or more social and performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or to possible scrutiny by others. The individual fears that he or she will act in a way (or show anxiety symptoms) that will be humiliating or embarrassing. Note: In children, there must be evidence of the capacity for age-appropriate social relationships with familiar people and the anxiety must occur in peer settings, not just in interactions with adults.

B. Exposure to the feared social situation almost invariably provokes anxiety, which may take the form of a situationally bound or predisoposed Panic Attack. Note: In children, the anxiety may be expressed by crying, tantrums, freezing, or shrinking from social situations with unfamiliar people.

C. The person recognizes that the fear is excessive or unreasonable. Note: In children, this feature may be absent

D. The feared social or performance situation are avoided or else are endured with intense anxiety or distress

E. The avoidance, anxious anticipation, or distress in the feared social or performance situation(S) interferes significantly with the person's normal routine, occupational (academic) functioning, or social activities or relationships, or there is marked distress about having the phobia.

F. In individuals under age 18 years, the duration is at least 6 months

G. The fear or avoidance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition and is not better accounted for by another mental disorder (e.g., Panic Disorder With or Without Agoraphobia, Separation Anxiety Disorder, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, a Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or Schizoid Personality Disorder).

H. If a general medical condition or another mental disorder is present, the fear in Criterion A is unrelated to it, e.g., the fear is not of Stuttering, trembling in Parkinson's disease, or exhibiting abnormal eating behavior in Anorexia Nervosa or Bulimia Nervosa.

[Force_Recon]

well seems like I do have it.I also don't like being compared to anyone else.well I am sure a lot of people doesn't.
do you think SAD will hurt my chances of me getting married?

[tanna]

You only have SAD if you fulfill all of the above diagnostic criteria.

Yes, SAD will prevent you from having close trusting relationships, and thus hinder your chances at finding love.

[Force_Recon]

I do Tanna.and uh crap I will never find love!NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[tanna]

I do not trust Bangladeshi therapists because they are prejudiced and do not go by the book. I would suggest for you to take it upon yourself to get out of your comfort zone as much as you are able to. That ought to condition you well, though I doubt that it will cure you of your anxiety. I am just as clueless as you are.

[Gemini]

I am very lucky because I never felt the pressure Ba hoyto ashe pashe pressure thakleo temon ekta kheyal kori nai kokhono ...I hear stories about people who were peer pressured into dating and stuff in school and I just go "whaatt??! " Pressures in general don't really have much effect on me

[Nazzy]

i can't cope against peer pressure, i easily surrender