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Michael McKee, Ph.D. (914) 584-9352
Member: Aetna Insurance Provider Network Cigna Insurance Provider Network
45 Popham Road Suite Scarsdale, NY
6 Marion Avenue Cold Spring, NY Social discomfort, or shyness, is part of everyone’s life at one time or another, and to varying degrees. Persons who suffer from social anxiety disorder feel this discomfort to a far greater intensity, frequency and duration. They are tormented by thoughts that their behavior is watched and negatively evaluated by others. The physical experience of anxiety multiplies their pain. They feel flushed, they sweat, their hands shake and their hearts pound. Their experience goes far beyond what might be called normal shyness. The disorder has been divided into subtypes: a generalized subtype, and a subtype that applies to various specific phobias such as public speaking, eating in public, or urinating in a public facility or when others are waiting.
This site was last updated 10/18/11 |