The Evolutionary Significance of Social Anxiety

Social Anxiety is a debilitating yet interesting phenomenon. As social animal, we humans are programmed to interact and socialize with each other. Yet, why some people become so frightened of social interactions, the very fundamental thing to our survival? By avoiding social interactions, we will have less friends, less romantic encounters, less possible resources, and less wellbeing. All those things seem counter-intuitive and counter-productive to our survival. Those "negative" traits should have been filtered out in evolution. Then why is it so incredibly prevalent? Maybe social anxiety has served essential functions in survival. Let's see what modern psychologists have found on SA. And let's see if we can find the evolutionary logic behind this baffling phenomenon. Work Cited: Galili, L., Amir, O., & Gilboa-Schechtman, E. (2013). Acoustic properties of dominance and request utterances in social anxiety. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 32(6), 651-673. doi:10.1521/jscp.2013.32.6.651 Gilbert, P. (2001). Evolution And Social Anxiety. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 24(4), 723-751. doi:10.1016/s0193-953x(05)70260-4 Schneier, F. R., Rodebaugh, T. L., Blanco, C., Lewin, H., & Liebowitz, M. R. (2011). Fear and avoidance of eye contact in social anxiety disorder. Comprehensive Psychiatry, 52(1), 81-87. doi:10.1016/j.comppsych.2010.04.006 Weeks, J. W., Heimberg, R. G., & Heuer, R. (2011). Exploring the role of behavioral submissiveness in social anxiety. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 30(3), 217-249. DOI:10.1521/jscp.2011.30.3.217 Thank you for watching the video. I hope you enjoy the video "The Evolutionary Significance of Social Anxiety". If this video helps you, please subscribe to my channel and like, comment, and share the video. Subscribe:    / @supersuperficiallysureal7027   #EvolutionarySignificance #SocialAnxiety #SUperSUperficiallySUreal