‘Social anxiety’ is often misused to describe nervousness in social situations, while it actually refers to a severe condition.
Anguish, Amanda; Crews, K'dee Elsen, “Language Around Mental Health” (AudioVerse teaching 33229).
The term social anxiety is often casually misapplied to ordinary nervousness rather than the clinical condition it actually names.
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