"The person with Schizoid Personality Disorder sustains a fragile emotional equilibrium by avoiding intimate personal contact and thereby minimising conflict that is poorly tolerated."

Anxiety about public speaking accounts for about half the diagnoses of social anxiety disorder.

The guy probably had a social anxiety disorder and needed time to warm up.

Also, do you know if there is a correlation between abuse and social anxiety disorder?

And whatever erratic behavior he displayed else-where was explained away by his social anxiety disorder.

Conclusions: Amygdala-vlPFC connectivity during affect labeling predicted treatment responder status following CBT or ACT for social anxiety disorder.