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Disturbing phobias.

  A college friend was blushing, sweaty, and shaking when a teacher asked her to speak in class. A few weeks before the presentation, he was anxious, agitated, and unable to sleep. I was still a student at the time, so I had no idea what he was going through. But I knew something was wrong. A few years ago I noticed a man at the airport waiting to leave the bathroom before using the urinal. He was uncomfortable with someone watching him urinate. We can say that he may have suffered from a disability (SAD). I can only hope they are fine now, but the symptoms they were exhibiting at the time were consistent with this devastating disease . How bad is social phobia or SAD? something in front of a group of people is. Public speaking is the most common situation in which an individual's social anxiety is exposed . People who suffer from this disorder develop significant anxiety symptoms such as sweating, rapid heartbeat, tremors, and restlessness during presentations and small lecture...