Part (A) Do you have the following symptoms?
1. Marked fear and/or avoidance of being the focus of attention, or of situations in which there is fear of behaving in an embarrassing or humiliating way. These fears are manifested in social situations, such as eating or speaking in public, encountering known individuals in public, or entering or enduring small group situations (e.g. parties, meetings, classrooms).
Part (B) Do you have the following symptoms?
1. Palpitations or pounding heart, or accelerated heart rate
2. Sweating
3. Trembling or shaking
4. Dry mouth (not due to medication or dehydration)
5. Difficulty breathing
6. Feeling of choking
7. Chest pain or discomfort
8. Nausea or abdominal distress (e.g. churning in stomach)
9. Feeling dizzy, unsteady, faint or lightheaded
10. Feelings that objects are unreal (derealization) or that the self is distant or 'not really here' (depersonalization)
11. Fear of losing control, 'going crazy' or passing out
12. Fear of dying
13. Hot flushes or cold chills
14. Numbness or tingling sensations
Part (C) Do you have the following symptoms?
1. Blushing or shaking
2. Fear of vomiting
3. Urgency or fear of micturition or defecation
Part (D) Do you have the following symptoms?
1. Significant emotional distress is caused by the symptoms or by the avoidance, and the individual recognizes that these are excessive or unreasonable.
2. Symptoms are restricted to, or predominate in, the feared situations or contemplation of the feared situations.
How to determine if you have Social Phobia?
If you have the symptom from part A, 2 of the symptoms from part B, 1 of the symptoms from part C and all of the symptoms from part D, you may be suffering from Social Phobia. You may consider seeing a psychiatrist for professional advice.
