Is shyness an illness?
Excerpts from article Is being shy an illness?
Most of us are shy to some degree.. So when is being shy an illness?
The problem was first recognised as a mental health condition in 1980 and some professionals believe it’s one of the most under-recognised and under-treated mental health problems of the modern age.
Others are uneasy about such statements, saying shyness is behaviour that falls within the normal part of human experience. So when does shyness become a mental health problem?
[Photo: the press dubbed the demure Princess Diana "Shy Di."]
Continued in article Is being shy an illness?, By Anna Buckley, BBC News.
Shyness and introversion may seem to be the same in some ways, at least on the surface.
They can overlap, and we may have both traits – but they are not the same thing. And they are not the same as the trait of high sensitivity.
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