Social anxiety can be debilitating. People with this type of anxiety fear being negatively evaluated or judged by others in social situations. The anticipation of this outcome overwhelms them. As a result, they often avoid these situations, which can lead to isolation and loneliness. But if you are reading this, I am sure I don’t need to tell you how much it sucks. So, what’s going on here? In this post, I am going to describe what the research says about the key ingredients involved in social anxiety.