What's the difference between social anxiety disorder and shyness?

What's the difference between social anxiety disorder and shyness?

Larina Kase (President, Performance And Success Coaching) gives expert video advice on: What is 'social anxiety disorder' and how can I tell if I have it?; What do anxiety attacks feel like?; Why can't someone who suffers from social anxiety attacks just 'get over it'? and more...

A lot of people think that Shyness is Social Anxiety, and that's not necessarily the case. Basically to have social Anxiety Disorder, or social phobia, you need to have anxiety about it. Whereas some shy people are perfectly comfortable being shy, they might just be introverted or might be more quiet, and that doesn't mean that they have an Anxiety Disorder.