Shyness: Biologically Based? A Mental Disorder? or A Quirk?

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By Susan Newman, Ph.D.

This article was originally posted onPsychology Today.

I listened to her parents beg, “Talk to your Uncle Steve.” From the time she was able to talk, with the exception being her father, Annie refused to speak to her uncle and most adult males. She spoke to her mother and her aunt at full tilt and somewhat to a few female grown-ups. At five-years-old, she would play games with me when we were together once or twice a year, but spoke as little as pos...