history: I have social anxiety. Do you know anything about that?
knowledge: Social anxiety can be defined as nervousness in social situations.
response: Sure, it's nervousness, specifically in social situations.
history: I have social anxiety. Do you know anything about that?
Sure, it's nervousness, specifically in social situations.
That sounds like me!  Is it common?
knowledge: Nearly 90% of individuals report feeling a form of social anxiety (i.e., shyness) at some point in their lives.
response: Yes!  It seems that feeling social anxiety in some form, at one time or another, is reported by nearly 90% of people.
history: I have social anxiety. Do you know anything about that?
Sure, it's nervousness, specifically in social situations.
That sounds like me!  Is it common?
Yes!  It seems that feeling social anxiety in some form, at one time or another, is reported by nearly 90% of people.
Wow, I'm surprised it's that common.  I've heard meditation can help but I don't know much about it, do you?
knowledge: All participants in mediation are encouraged to actively participate in the process.
response: Hmm well all I know is that it involves active participation by all participants.
history: I have social anxiety. Do you know anything about that?
Sure, it's nervousness, specifically in social situations.
That sounds like me!  Is it common?
Yes!  It seems that feeling social anxiety in some form, at one time or another, is reported by nearly 90% of people.
Wow, I'm surprised it's that common.  I've heard meditation can help but I don't know much about it, do you?
Hmm well all I know is that it involves active participation by all participants.
Oh...well can you tell me anything else about social anxiety?  I'm trying to get well informed about it, maybe that will help me overcome it.
knowledge: Social anxiety is a normal and necessary emotion for effective social functioning and developmental growth.
response: Let's see...well it's a necessary emotion, actually.  It can lead to social functioning that's effective. It's needed for developmental growth too.
history: I have social anxiety. Do you know anything about that?
Sure, it's nervousness, specifically in social situations.
That sounds like me!  Is it common?
Yes!  It seems that feeling social anxiety in some form, at one time or another, is reported by nearly 90% of people.
Wow, I'm surprised it's that common.  I've heard meditation can help but I don't know much about it, do you?
Hmm well all I know is that it involves active participation by all participants.
Oh...well can you tell me anything else about social anxiety?  I'm trying to get well informed about it, maybe that will help me overcome it.
Let's see...well it's a necessary emotion, actually.  It can lead to social functioning that's effective. It's needed for developmental growth too.
Oh, that's interesting.  How can it affect a person emotionally, besides the nervousness you talked about?
knowledge: It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events, such as the feeling of imminent death.
response: Oh, it can include feelings of dread.  Dread about anticipated events, to be more specific.  An example is the feeling that death is imminent.