Exceptions. The FMLA does not, however, apply to everyone. The Act does not apply to small employers, or to employees who have been hired recently. Although the exceptions to coverage are few, they are worth exploring every time an employee requests leave.
However, safety behaviors have been described as the major cause of persisting anxiety and the reason why people don't feel relief during exposures (Wells, Clark, Salkovskis, Ludgate, Hackmann, & Gelder, 1995). An example of a safety behavior in social anxiety is talking fast during a meeting. The person may feel temporarily better by speaking quickly and getting out of the situation.
A Definition of Behavior. The behavior of an organism is that portion of the organism's interaction with its environment that is characterized by detectable displacements in space through time of some part of the organism and that results in a measurable change in at least one aspect of the environment. Defining Behavior.