Social anxiety can be a very difficult mental disorder to live with. It prevents you from doing things that you wish you could such as going to a party or hanging out in public with friends. People with social anxiety disorder will often have an anxiety attack when presented with a social situation and will often flee as a result.
Social anxiety treatment normally consists of two parts, which are medication and psychotherapy. These treatments can be used singly or in conjunction to treat the condition from all sides. These treatments will not cure anxiety, but they will help you manage your symptoms and live a normal life.
Psychotherapy social anxiety treatment consists of cognitive behavioral therapy for which the goal is to teach people to react differently when presented with situations that cause their anxiety to act up.
Medications come in all forms with the most common being paroxetine (marketed as Paxil), venlafaxine (Effexor), and sertraline (Zoloft). These medications help increase serotonin in the brain which is the chemical that induces relaxation.
It is very hard to live with social anxiety disorder and at times a normal life might not seem possible, however with the use of modern medicine you can live a normal life.