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Social Anxiety: When Avoiding People Is More than Just Being Shy

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.Pleasantries were the stuff of nightmares for Kristen Rogers. A random run-in with a coworker would cause her heart to pound so hard she thought it would leap out of her chest. Her mind would go blank — she’d stammer trying to make conversation while pools of sweat collected under her arms. Even impromptu chats with close friends or family caused this type of extreme anxiety. But the fallout was even worse.“I would always end those interactions feeling really embarrassed and ashamed, and I’d ruminate for hours or days about how the other person must think I...