The article was certainly a bit casual with its terms, but as a human being, you shouldn't be generally nervous about mere socialization with others. You may be specifically nervous, if you need to impress the others, or if you're in a foreign land for the first time, but you should not generally be nervous about all social interaction. If you are, you have a problem. It may not be something that we should necessarily throw medication at, we've all got problems of one sort or another, the benefits of medication may not outweigh the costs, but it is a problem.
Nervousness is different than boredom, lack of desire, or lack of seeking it out. I can cover those bases quite well. I often don't want to socialize. But I'm not fearful of it, I just find it boring in most groups.
On the other hand, "public speaking", as in, getting up in front of a crowd and making any sort of speech, well, I've heard multiple people who make a living doing it that they never actually stop being nervous about it before hand. They learn how to get through it, but they're always nervous. Heck, I daresay such nerves are rational, really. That would seem to be a different category of issue.
Nervousness is different than boredom, lack of desire, or lack of seeking it out. I can cover those bases quite well. I often don't want to socialize. But I'm not fearful of it, I just find it boring in most groups.
On the other hand, "public speaking", as in, getting up in front of a crowd and making any sort of speech, well, I've heard multiple people who make a living doing it that they never actually stop being nervous about it before hand. They learn how to get through it, but they're always nervous. Heck, I daresay such nerves are rational, really. That would seem to be a different category of issue.