Shy monkeys and anxious temperament

Highly Sensitive

Personal dimensions of the trait of high sensitivity - plus some material on shyness and introversion.

Elaine Aron notes "Shyness is learned, not innate. In fact, 30% of HSPs are extraverts, although the trait is often mislabeled as introversion."

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"About 15 to 20 percent of the population have this trait. It means you are aware of subtleties in your surroundings, a great advantage in many situations.
It also means you are more easily overwhelmed when you have been out in a highly stimulating environment for too long..."
Elaine Aron, www.hsperson.com

"The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive."
Pearl Buck (1892-1973)

"Oh please be careful with me, I'm sensitive and I'd like to stay that way"
Jewel - in her song I'm Sensitive

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Shy monkeys and anxious temperament

monkey From a PhysOrg.com Medicine & Health / Research news article:

New research indicates that the brains of those suffering from anxiety and severe shyness in social situations consistently respond more strongly to stress, and show signs of being anxious even in situations that others find safe.

The UW Department of Psychiatry and HealthEmotions Research Institute has published a new study on brain activity, anxious behaviour, and stress hormones in adolescent rhesus monkeys, which have long been used as a model to understand anxious temperament in human children.

Continued in Once a shy monkey, always a shy monkey?

Tags: anxiety, shyness, social situations.
Posted 07.03.08 |
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