"It's Not a Big Deal" - Social Anxiety Disorder PSA ☹ скачать в хорошем качестве

"It's Not a Big Deal" - Social Anxiety Disorder PSA ☹

I made this video for my English class project where we had to make a Public Service Announcement about something that we personally struggle with or are appalled by. So because I suffer from Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) I decided to do my PSA on this. It's really sloppy because we were only given a week to work on it but for me technically only 2 days since I don't even have time on weekdays to load my Sims game but yeah. Everyone gets a little stage fright sometimes, right? Standing in front of a large group of people, who are watching and judging your every move. Now imagine that feeling, and multiplying it by ten. Then imagine applying that feeling to almost every aspect of your life; talking on the phone, ordering food at a restaurant, talking to strangers or friends, buying something at the cash register, participating in socratic circles, receiving interviews, standing in large crowds of people, walking on crosswalks, raising your hand in class, asking a store clerk where to find something, and basically everything. This is what Social Anxiety Disorder (SAD) feels like. During any of these situations, a person with SAD may experience trouble concentrating, anticipations of the worst, sweating, dizziness, a pounding heart, headaches, crying, shortness of breath, and panic attacks. It shouldn’t be normal to experience such drastic effects for such common everyday situations. And yet, so many convince themselves it is. The problem with convincing yourself that these symptoms are normal, is that it makes you question why others don’t seem to experience these so-called “normal” symptoms to these everyday situations. It begins to bring you down as you start to think something is wrong with you and thus it often leads to depression. All around you people seem to have no trouble facing these situations, while you have to go outside and take deep breaths just to prevent yourself from having a panic attack. And to make matters worse, these people constantly tell you that you’re “overreacting” and that you just need to “get over it”. You already know these things, but the fact that no matter how hard you try, you just can’t seem to get over it. So you beat yourself up for it. You blame yourself for being “weak” and “too dependent” and “immature”. There are medications for SAD but because so many people treat it as “just being shy” and “a phase”, victims of SAD don’t feel they deserve to take these medications. They are almost as convinced as the people who don’t have SAD that what they suffer is not a worthy enough sufferable cause. And this needs to stop. Of course, you don’t see people holding picket signs in the streets to combat the ignorance of Social Anxiety Disorder. Why? Because the people with it are too afraid to in fear of being judged and, well, because they have social anxiety. People without it wouldn’t be protesting for awareness either because they don’t think it’s an actual problem. So how does a group of those who suffer from the fear of breaking the silence, break the silence? We break the silence using silence. We can be loud without being loud. To do this we can create PSAs that don’t require public speaking to spread awareness, so that maybe people will begin to understand that SAD is an actual problem. Because SAD is, well, sad. Nobody should have to suffer from it. No more suffering silently. Instead we will speak without speaking and hopefully wipe away all of the ignorance of this problem.