Does social anxiety cause irritability ...and can you be hospitalised for it?

I was diagnosed with it but is it that serious where a person can be hospitalised? It's seen as a mental illness, sadly but I don't see it as such as it's hard for me to accept. Since lately, I've been overwhelmed and avoiding people as I'm trying to focus and get myself together in life. I lashed out, non physically recently after feeling caved in by my personal issues.

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Heartlander · 80-89, M

I think so. Anxiety causes physiological changes to the body. You might want to research the effects to see how some of them may sound familiar to what you experience. Per my understanding, it causes increased production of white blood cells, as if preparing you to handle physical assault. The white cells stick to the walls of our blood vessels, and accumulate, leading to an array of issues: strokes, heart disease, hight blood pressure, etc. And more subtle effects as various arteries and veins become occluded, preventing our autonomic nervous system from properly managing our body.