[Title]19 May 2013 Read the below draft carefully. Then write a review of one page in which you answer all of the following 6 questions. Please be specific and provide details to support the claims you are making. Through the Looking Glass Over the course of the past few weeks, I have learned about Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD). When I began my research, I didn’t realize that I suffer from the disorder, and while it’s true that I have reacted oddly in certain situations for years, I had no idea why these uncontrolled responses made me feel that I was different from everybody else. Even though my symptoms are mild and have not led to a clinical diagnosis, through the process of learning about the disorder, I have also learned which steps I can take to reduce my own anxiety. Though an outsider may not recognize it, one of the most obvious examples of my own case of SAD that I can give is when I nod my head repeatedly—as if in submission—when someone in authority is speaking to me (Roberts). This quirk of mine never really bothered me, but as I look back to an incident from
[Title]19 May 2013 2006 that led me to the unemployment line, I can see where it undoubtedly bothers others1. In taking this unique opportunity to identify and reduce my own anxiety, I see there are only a few ways to be free from this burden. Although there are many clinical treatments and “self-help” resources available to a SAD patient, I am disappointed to find there is little effort made to educate those without anxiety about those of us with it. Perhaps I would still be in that walled office on the 17th floor of a San Jose sky rise if that particular manager had understood my nodding to be an uncontrolled response. It was my dream job, and my anxiety blew it for me. During my research, I learned that there are three underlying causes of Social Anxiety Disorder. While one of the causes is genetic, the other two causes have, through exhaustive case studies, been linked in one form or another…