Abstract
Social anxiety disorder has characteristic features of the overwhelming anxiety and apprehensions especially in public gatherings. There is always a false perception in mind that someone is continuously watching, noticing or judging their activities. Many of times the situation is associated with some unusual behavioral problem like shy bladder syndrome, in which the person even cannot urinate in public restrooms. In the present case report, a patient was suffering from paruresis-specific social phobia. After administration of Yogasana, Pranayam, Omkar chanting and meditation practices by him under the supervision of yoga experts, significant improvement was noticed in multiple parameters. Subjective assessment on different scales was done before and after yogabhyasa. By regular yoga practices Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS) score was reduced 60.97%, Social Phobia Inventory (SPIN) score was reduced 56.25%, Shy Bladder Scale (SBS) score was reduced up to 59.42% and WHO Quality of life questionnaire- WHO QoL- BREF score was improved 56.81% in physical domain (D1), 34% in psychological domain (D2), 10.34% in social relationship domain and 27.91% in environment domain (D4). Hence, it can be concluded that yoga and meditation practices may play a good role in Social anxiety cases.
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