Shyness and Gender-2/10

	Except in movies, does the female of today shy? Is shy a disorder or a trait? Is shyness modesty?

Shyness may be defined experientially as discomfort and/or inhibition in interpersonal situations that interferes with pursuing one's interpersonal or professional goals. It is a form of excessive self-focus, a preoccupation with one's thoughts, feelings and physical reactions.


Symptoms of Shyness

Behavior	Physiological	Cognitive	Affective
Inhibition and passivity	Accelerated heart rate	Negative thoughts about the self, the situation, and others	Embarrassment and painful self-consciousness
Gaze aversion	Dry mouth	Fear of negative evaluation and looking foolish to others	Shame
Avoidance of feared situations	Trembling or shaking	Worry and rumination, perfectionism	Low self-esteem
Low speaking voice	Sweating	Self-blaming attributions, particularly after social interactions	Dejection and sadness
Little body movement or expression or Excessive nodding or smiling	Feeling faint or dizzy, butterflies in stomach or nausea	Negative beliefs about the self (weak) and others (powerful), often out of awareness	Loneliness
Speech dysfluencies	Experiencing the situation or oneself as unreal or removed	Negative biases in the self-concept, e.g., "I am socially inadequate, unlovable, unattractive."	Depression
Nervous behaviors, such as touching one's hair or face	Fear of losing control, going crazy, or having a heart attack	A belief that there is a "correct" protocol that the shy person must guess, rather than mutual definitions of social situations	Anxiety

Shyness and Blushing go together most of the times and Females blush more than men. 



Continued Shyness vs Gender 3/10 Tomorrow............