Social-Anxiety.info is a website created by myself, Mark Holman, as I suffer from social anxiety but not realising other people did until I stumbled across an article last year (2002).

I am now trying to limit the effects of social anxiety, and by producing this website, hope I can build a community to help others and to provide a useful resource for friends or interested parties to gain a greater insight into what social anxiety incurrs on a persons life.

Read about SA

As a first step, please read through some of the pages in the information area such as the introduction, short summary, some of the symptoms associated with sa, and some example scenarios of what it's like to suffer from sa.

This leaflet is from the UK NHS and gives some very good explanations as to the thought process of someone suffering from social anxiety. The leaflet also contains an introduction of the beginning processes a person suffering from social anxiety can use to start to overcome social anxiety.

Diaries

You can also read diaries of people's lives within the community area, so that you may realise that you are not alone and not "different". Writing a diary can be beneficial and being able to openly discuss the way you feel to others who feel the same or similar way can give you the belief you need.

The hardest part for me was believing that other people out there could be having the same problem and that something could be done about it - by visiting this website you have taken that first step. To know other people are the same is a great comfort, and hopefully you can relate to the information provided on this website and become a part of the community.

About me

You can find out more about me and how I am doing by visiting my diary page and going to the about me area.

If you are someone who knows a person with SA and would like to help or learn more, you can visit the information area for more information.

Mark Holman
mholman@social-anxiety.info