By Arlin Cuncic, About.com Guide. "Movie characters with social anxiety tend to be featured in two types of films — thought-provoking or laugh-a-minute. When these types of characters show up in the latter, you can be sure their awkwardness and social bumbling is there to generate laughs. But when the main character suffers from something akin to social anxiety disorder, a window into their internal world is often opened for viewing."