Never | Occasionally | Half of the time | Most of the time | All of the time | |
…felt moments of sudden terror, fear or fright | |||||
in social situations | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… felt anxious, worried, or nervous about | |||||
social situations | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
… had thoughts of being rejected, humiliated, | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
embarrassed, ridiculed or offending others | |||||
… felt a racing heart, sweaty, trouble breathing, | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
faint, or shaky in social situations | |||||
… felt tense muscles, on edge or restless, or | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
trouble relaxing in social situations | |||||
… avoided, or did not approach or enter, social | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
situations | |||||
… left social situations early or participated only | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
minimally (e.g. said little, avoided eye contact) | |||||
… spent a lot of time preparing what to say or how | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
to act in social situations | |||||
… distracted myself to avoid thinking about social | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
situations | |||||
… needed help to cope with social situations | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
(e.g. alcohol or medications, superstitious objects) |
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