Understanding shyness – why am I shy? We have all experienced shyness, but some of us feel it much more deeply and almost all of the time. It’s like being trapped in a box. In social situations like meetings, group conversations, parties, and other events, you feel like a bystander – you feel like you …
Although shyness and social anxiety do share some characteristics, they are not the same thing. Some shy people have social anxiety disorder (SAD) and some do not. Additionally, some people with SAD are not actually shy at all. There are are so many similarities between the two, that social anxiety disorder is often dismissed as …