| Social anxiety is an ever-increasing problem, especially | | | | exemplified by the otaku and hikikomori phenomenon |
| with Internet technology making it easier and easier to | | | | there, though these "conditions" have started to |
| talk to someone that you'll likely never, ever see | | | | manifest in societies outside of the Far East. This can |
| face-to-face. This has resulted in people that are | | | | be interpreted to mean that more and more people |
| better adjusted to social situations where they will not | | | | are withdrawing socially, as society and modern |
| be hindered by their social anxiety. While social anxiety | | | | civilization puts more and more pressure on them. |
| is a major problem, particularly because quite a bit of | | | | After all, even if they are engaging in socially deviant |
| professional success in today's world requires a bit of | | | | behavior, they're not really harming anyone but |
| social adaptation, most people don't really worry about | | | | themselves. For most people, as long as those with |
| social anxiety as long as it doesn't give the family | | | | social anxiety are not capable of doing any harm to |
| status anxiety. | | | | anyone, then they can either just be ignored or be |
| The Japanese, probably due to cultural differences, | | | | bullied by their social "superiors. |
| tend to draw their social anxiety inwards. This is best | | | | |