“As a child, I was very shy. Painfully, excruciatingly shy. I hid a lot in my room. I was so terrified to read out loud in school that I had to have my mother ask my reading teacher not to call on me in class.” - Kim Basinger
Many of us were shy as children, and [...]

“If the dimension of presence or awareness is missing, then you are lost in the reaction. Then you become the reaction, and you don’t know who you are.” Eckhart Tolle
High sensitivity can be a deeply assaultive and distressing and disorienting experience. Probably starting when we were too young to have the cognitive ability to sort [...]

Deanne Repich, Director of the National Institute of Anxiety and Stress, interviewed Dr. Aron for the Conquer Anxiety Success Program. Here is a message by Deanne Repich [photo] from her newsletter about the new interview:
Is part of your anxiety that you are “too shy” or “too sensitive,” according to others? Does your body’s alarm system [...]

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 [...]

From article: Build Better Boundaries, by Sarah Dolliver
* Have you ever agreed to do something that you knew you would rather not do?
* Have you not given yourself enough time to do the things you do want to do, but instead used that time for someone else?
* Have you allowed another person to behave in [...]