Socially anxious
A person who exhibit social anxiety might be suffering from social anxiety disorder commonly referred to as social phobia, it can involve the fear of a social situations, which might involve the situations of scrutiny or any close contact with strangers. The term social anxiety indicates the distinct demarcation of social anxiety disorder from specific phobia, which is the intense and persistent fear of a specific object or situation. Persons exhibiting social anxiousness are generally fearful of bringing themselves embarrassment in the social situations, for example in situations like oral presentation, social gatherings, meeting new people, etc. They might experience specific fears about performing specific activities such as speaking out before others, or they might also experience a vague, clearly excessive fear of “embarrassing oneself.” .The fear in social anxiety disorder is of the embarrassment that might occur in the given situation, and not of the situation itself.