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Old 10-16-2008, 11:36 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Google "social anxiety disorder".

And don't freak out about the word "disorder" in there--it covers a very broad spectrum of behaviors, a range from mild and adaptive to completely debilitating. The point is: it's treatable, if you think of it as something to treat, rather than something you'd have to magically transcend and heroically "get over" somehow.

It sounds like you had a panic attack. A common symptom of social anxiety.
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