Navigating Social Anxiety

Tasked with developing our own creative brief, I embarked on creating a narrative editorial piece centered around the complexities of social anxiety. Drawing from personal experiences and a passion for graphic art, I endeavored to capture this often-misunderstood condition. Through a blend of online interviews and my own personal and artistic interpretation, the project aimed to shed light on the triggers, manifestations, and coping mechanisms associated with social anxiety.

Set out into three sections; Triggers, Manifestations and Coping strategies. This book has been designed to convey the personal struggles that are attached to this disorder and to provide a sense of hope for those who may be struggling, whilst raising awareness for those who may not fully understand. The contents of this book desifer what separates social anxiety from everyday stress and worries and the many ways anxiety manifests itself.

Living with Social Anxiety, Eleanor Seagull, nopanic.org.uk, (No Panic, 2018)

SOCIAL ANXIETY: PERSONAL NARRATIVES ON JOURNEYS TO RECOVERY, Catherine McCarthy, repository.uel.ac.uk, (McCarthy, 2014)

The Cycle of My Social Anxiety, Jane Beatty, anxietycanada.com, (Anxiety Canada, n.d.)

My Lifelong Struggle With Social Anxiety, Tobias J. Atkins, adaa.org,(adaa.org, n.d.)

AI Re-interpretation of Autoethnography , Hattie Liley, ChatGPT, Open AI. (2023)

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