Tag: "shyness"

Shy monkeys and anxious temperament

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 [...]

Gifted and shy – Jane Fonda, Evan Rachel Wood, Nicole Kidman on acting

Jane Fonda: “Acting was the last thing in the world I wanted to do, I was so shy. But I got fired as a secretary and had to earn some money.” She discovered her passion for acting in the mid-1950s while studying with famed drama coach Lee Strasberg, who told her she was special and [...]

Actor Clea DuVall on being “shy and nervous”

Clea DuVall: “I keep to myself, but I love life.” On the tv series “Heroes” she plays an assertive FBI agent, and has garnered acclaim for her dynamic acting in the series Carnivale, and many films including 21 Grams, The Laramie Project, and Girl, Interrupted – but Clea DuVall is candid about being introverted and [...]

The high sensitivity personality – Dr. Pat Allen: “I’ve always known I was different.”

On growing up On the excellent Highly Sensitive People dvd by Jim Hallowes, psychologist Pat Allen, PhD, MFT recalls her mother using the phrase “Still waters run deep” to refer to her – something many of us could relate to. I think my own mother used the phrase, as a subtle form of affirmation of [...]