Symptoms A phobia is an unreasonable fear of something. There are two main kinds of phobias. The first is social phobia. The second is a group called the specific phobias.
Social phobia is a fear of going out in social situations.
A person with this disorder will be afraid of getting embarrassed or humiliated. Just thinking about going out in a social situation will make this person very anxious. People with social phobia usually avoid social situations as much as possible. They may go to an event, but feel very distressed the whole time. Adults with this disorder usually realize the fear is too strong or that it is unreasonable.