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What is shyness? Research has shown that shyness is characterized by fear and nervousness in response to social novelty and/or social evaluation. Shyness can manifest on behavioral, affective, and ...

For some people, the sound of a birthday song is less joyful tradition and more instant discomfort. While others happily soak ...

Is being shy a trauma response? One woman thinks that it certainly could be, and has attributed her own past "shyness" to being a mislabeled response to trauma. The woman took to TikTok on March 16 to ...

Shyness may be an inborn aspect of someone’s personality, yet it can be addressed with natural medicine. Parents typically say of their child, “He is becoming more himself somehow.” These medicines ...

Maybe it’s our culture’s preoccupation with superheroes, or pirates, or football players, or cowboys, or explorers, or astronauts, or firefighters. All of these brave and bold archetypes are almost ...

Social anxiety is commonly associated with shyness, silence, and a tendency to withdraw from social interactions. However, new research suggests that for some adolescents, this condition manifests ...