RSD vs. social anxiety | Experts Answer

What's the difference between RSD and social anxiety? RSD is about how you interpret a real thing that happened. I'm taking something real that happened and I'm catastrophizing what it means. Social anxiety is different in the sense that you're thinking about what could happen. You find yourself ruminating, sweating, really avoiding that thing because you're fearing this social criticism. Social anxiety can be experienced as a fleeting thing, something that you feel but can move through. But there's also social anxiety disorder, which is a specific condition that has specific treatment protocols and could be diagnosed by a doctor or a mental health professional.