In humans, shyness (also called diffidence) is a social psychology term used to describe the feeling of apprehension, lack of confidence, or awkwardness experienced when a person is in proximity to, approaching, or being approached by other people, especially in new situations or with unfamiliar people. Shyness may come from genetic traits, the
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Ah, this!
People don't seem to understand that you can be friendly and terrifyingly reticent at the same time. It's like they're programmed to think all shy people, when approached, will be rude, because what shy people want is always to be left alone. (Now, sometimes shy people do want to be left alone, but often they'd like to connect with people, too...)
*hug* If you want a call let me know.
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