Do you think shyness is really just someone who is self consious?

Answer 1

Shyness is someone who is afraid to talk. It's lack of confidence, or just an inability to relate to people. If you have nothing in common with someone, what do you talk about? The art of conversation is learned with experience, so it could be a lack of social interaction. Self-concious really means low self-esteem, and this could cause someone to be afraid to talk also. But, sometimes not talking is the best thing. In fact not talking usually is the best. It depends on the situation.

Answer 2

Unless it is deeply serious, it is something that dissapates with confidence and experience. That is not to say that you lose your self conciousness, but as you go through more experiences and suffer embarrassments, you will gain confidence and your shyness will not be an issue.

I write from experience, as I was extremely shy growing up. It wasn't until I found myself in a more comfortable situation (college) that my personality developed into the person I am today. You will suffer embarrassments and misfortunes, but what these will teach you is that, while you will remember them for the rest of your life, no-one else will pay the blindest bit of attention.

Maintain the self-conciousness, but don't let it inhibit you.

Answer 3

i think that it is the most common reason-maybe someone is a lil insecure over something like appearence or ability or putting the prverbial size ten right in it! Sometimes it's based on something not too pleasant that happened in your childhood, and that is entirely possible too. Perhaps a friend pokes fun of you when you are young and formative, and since then, subconsciously, you avoid similar situations or are at least quite wary of them. It could stem from something like that, but the solution is always the same-throw yourself into the situation without over-thinking it and overcome the issue by submerbing your fears!

Hope this helps!
Shane

Answer 4

Shyness comes from the way a person has been brought up. My 'shy' friends just need a helping hand and they are definitely confident enough to find their way around.

Answer 5

But in fact shyness IS being self-conscious. Those who do not worry about themselves find social contact easy.

Answer 6

Yes, self conscious with some lack of self confidence as well.

Answer 7

Usually yes... but there are also those people who like to talk and put other downs mainly because they are self-conscious and insecure about themselves.

Answer 8

It's really philosophical...
I think shy people are really aware of who they are and they are aware of every word they say... thus, they only want to say words of value... and this is why they don't speak a lot.

Answer 9

It is also possible that shyness is really subconscious conceit.

Answer 10

When women are shy it means they have alot of "skeletons in their closet"....... They're afraid a bone is going to pop out of their mouth.