They say shyness is a form of egotism, and you are only shy because you care too much about what people think of you. And maybe its true, maybe I am just an egotist.
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Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.
Shyness is about the fear of social judgments - at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you. Whereas an introvert might not feel any of those things at all, they simply have the preference to be in a quieter setting.
Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of.
Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.
I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof.
I think what people might not really know about me is that I'm really a shy individual.
Some people are just quiet - they don't need to be talking all the time and aren't extroverted, but they're not necessarily afraid to talk. I'm not really a shy person.
Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness.
I feel shy when people are fussing on me.
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree.
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