According to the DSM - V (2000), selective mutism is classified as an anxiety disorder, and a child diagnosed with this may demonstrate excessive shyness, fear of social embarrassment, and social isolation and withdrawal. (day2dayparenting.com)
I only succeeded tenyears ago, encouraged by increasing social embarrassment. (totalpolitics.com)
You play as the titular teddy, hell - bent on revenge after he's labelled as the Lindsay Lohan of the bears» island - a dangerous social embarrassment who needs to be kept out of the loop for the good of everybody else. (eurogamer.net)