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The infant’s first social achievement, then, is his willingness to let the mother out of sight without undue anxiety or rage, because she has become an inner certainty as well as an outer predictability.
—Erik H. Erikson (1904–1994)
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The good enough mother, owing to her deep empathy with her infant, reflects in her face his feelings; this is why he sees himself in her face as if in a mirror and finds himself as he sees himself in her. The not good enough mother fails to reflect the infant’s feelings in her face because she is too preoccupied with her own concerns, such as her worries over whether she is doing right by her child, her anxiety that she might fail him.
—Bruno Bettelheim (20th century)
Social Anxiety Disorder ... Proper diagnosis of social anxiety disorder is made by a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, or mental health professional... The disorder can cause long-lasting social anxiety and relatively extreme distress and impaired ability to function in at least some areas of daily life... Symptoms of social anxiety disorder can present themselves in a more specific manner, like only in particular situations, or it can be more generalized, which involves persistent, intense, and chronic fear of being judged by others, and of potentially being embarrassed or humiliated by their own actions...