Much has been made of the fact that anxiety is now the leading mental health complaint among twentysomethings—but not all forms on anxiety are on the rise. The most common type of anxiety in this age group? Social anxiety. More and more, young adults are reporting feeling socially inadequate, socially isolated, socially incompetent, and socially behind. They say they feel nervous and self-conscious when they are with people they don’t know and also even sometimes with ones they do.
