...Shyness vs Social Anxiety:Is There A Difference Social Anxiety is a complex disorder characterized by an intense fear of being humiliated or criticized in social situations, specifically of embarrassing oneself in front of others. Shy people can be very uneasy around others but they do not experience extreme anxiety in anticipating social situations, nor do they necessarily avoid them. Most shy people do not meet the requirements of a Social Phobia diagnosis. Social Phobia disrupts normal life, affecting careers and relationships, whereas shyness does not. The question about what constitutes “shyness” as opposed to “social anxiety disorder” originated because of the problems of over or under-diagnosing the amount of social anxiety felt. If we treat everyone who is simply “shy” as having a disorder, it leads to stereotyping and waste of resources. If we under-diagnose social anxiety disorder, then people with the symptoms will not receive needed treatment. In the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) social phobia (also listed as social anxiety disorder) is defined as a "marked and persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations in which the person is exposed to unfamiliar people or possible scrutiny by others" (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 1994, p. 416). Social fears can be limited and isolated to specific situations like public speaking, but can also extend to small gatherings and casual conversations...
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...I am going to describe a personality trait of mine that I find to be deviance and that is shyness. Shyness may be defined experientially as discomfort 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. Shyness reactions can occur at any or all of the following levels: cognitive, affective, physiological and behavioral, and may be triggered by a wide variety of arousal cues. Among the most typical are: authorities, one-on-one opposite sex interactions, intimacy, strangers, and having to take individuating action in a group. These are just a few that I fall into. To put it in other terms, shyness is a shrinking back from life that weakens the bonds of your human connection with others and us. There are many symptoms that following shyness: sweating, dry mouth, trembling or shaking, fear of negative evaluation and looking foolish to others, depression, anxiety and low self-esteem are just a few that I experience. A problem arises when one person’s behavior fails to match the normative expectations of others and poses a threat to the smooth flow of the interaction order. Being too shy is a clear example of this. It is not that the shy person is deliberately trying to sabotage the situation, but simply that they do not feel as if they are equipped with the necessary skills and expertise to carry off social interaction...
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...DIVERSITY ROLE WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT Being Painfully Shy Texas State University – San Marcos, Texas COMM 1310: Fundamentals of Human Communication Philip (Tyler) Agnello Living in a world being painfully shy isn’t easy. The worldview of you is not great, people always think there is something wrong with you or that you are weird. So I’m always walking around thinking to myself why am I here. People look at me like I’m crazy, but I’m really not I just do not know how to express myself. I always have to be mindful walking around making sure I do not slip up because people are very prejudice towards shy people. Hopefully one day I will be able to, but for now I’m just painfully shy. Every day I wake up dreading having to go to school. I already know as soon as I get there people are going to make fun of me and tease me and so on. So I just look down walking through the halls and think why can’t I be normal and outgoing like everyone else? I get to class and get my pen and paper out and wait for the teacher to come in. While I’m waiting no one talks to me and I’m too shy to talk to them so I just sit there and self-talk to myself or write in my journal about how I wish everything could be different. I do this in every class. When it’s time for lunch I’m “the weird kid” that sits by himself at the table in the corner that’s never been cleaned. People laugh and make fun of me and inside I just wish I had enough courage to say something...
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...saying hello to perfect strangers. In grocery stores I would announce my doubt at my father’s excuse for not buying my favorite cereal; “What do you mean you have no money?! You have a job!” I suppose you could say I embarrassed him quite a few times. As I’ve gotten older, I’m much more mindful of the things I say and to whom I say them. However, I’m just as outgoing, if not more. I am a “perfect” balance of being shy and putting myself out there. It all depends on the context in which interaction is happening. At work, I meet strangers everyday and I don’t mind making conversation with them as I walk them to a table and talking to them as if I’d known them for years. In a new classroom setting, I don’t generally mind being myself—but the shyness of the people around me makes me feel even more reserved. I’m generally very comfortable talking to new people and absolutely love listening and learning about others. It has always been strange to me that as much as I love talking to people, I’m absolutely terrified of speaking in front of them. I’m typically bubbly and fun and the second the spotlight is on me, I get very quiet and feel terribly awkward. As I go on with the speech, it gets worse because I’m worried that people see me as some shaky freak. One thing that I would hope this class could help me with is to communicate a point more effectively. I typically know what I want to say and what I’m trying to get across to someone, but sometimes I don’t know if I’m doing it in...
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...Mujidat Yusuf English 111 Fall 2014 09/25/2014 An awkward social event I had forgotten this incident completely until I had to go a party alone again. I knew how awkward I feel whenever I had to go to parties alone, it just feels like hell. Am socially awkward and worry about what people think about me, most times I feel I’m not normal or too fat. This makes me keep mute in social events and find it difficult to interact with others out of fear of being ridiculed. I had always been an introvert all of my life. I loved keeping to my self and didn’t really attend social events. Even my parents complain I stay indoor too much. A friend I just met named Dammy invited me to her birthday dinner and I decided to go because I wanted to make friends and also to make my friendship with Dammy blossom. I knew how awkward I feel at events and decided to invite my cousin Nicky to go with me so we could chat together during the party. I told Nicky about the party but she said she wouldn’t be able to go with me because she had a party to go too. I was disappointed and begged her to please go with me but she explained that it was her boyfriend that invited her to the party and she couldn’t turn him down. I didn’t have any choice than to go the party by my self The party was to start by 6pm,I started dressing up at 4:00pm because its takes an hour plus to get to the venue of the birthday dinner (Charlie brown’s stake house) from my house (vanduzer...
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...1.I'm Job Malikchan. 2. I'm 14 years old. 3.I live in Saytan,Pugo,La Union . 4.I love playing computer games. 5.My favorite game is "League of Legends". 6.I love watching animes. 7.My favorite color is white. 8. My favorite foods are "Sweet Foods". 9.My favorite band is Silent Sanctuary. 10.I'm a shy person.......... My Summer Vacation The last thing most kids want to think about during summer vacation is school. But add some music, creativity and raucous fun, and many children actually wind up begging their parents to take them to summer school. We will be taking part in vacation Bible, an increasingly common summertime activity. Dozens of local churches hold these weeklong events for school-age kids and teens. Trees I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree. A woman was waiting at an airport one night, with several long hours before her flight. She hunted for a book in the airport shops, bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop. She was engrossed in her book but happened to see, that the man sitting beside her, as bold as could be. . .grabbed a cookie or two from the bag...
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...How to Network: 12 Tips for Shy People Schmoozing is a trial for shy people, but armed with these common-sense tips they can increase their networking mojo. By Meridith Levinson From CIO.com December 11, 2007 Networking is the key to success in business, says Keith Ferrazzi, business coach and author of Never Eat Alone, a book about the power of relationship building and networking. It helps you find jobs, recruit talent, win new customers and discover investors who'll support your ideas. But networking is a trial for shy people—geeks especially. They view it as insincere at best, manipulative at worst. They eschew networking for a variety of reasons including lack of confidence, fear of rejection and a sense of unworthiness. If they could just relate to others more easily, if they just possessed more self-confidence and weren't such self-conscious wallflowers, the world would be their oyster, and schmoozing would be so much easier. It is possible for shrinking violets and shy guys to master the skill of networking. They just have to realize, says Ferrazzi, that successful networking is all about building intimate, sincere relationships based on mutual generosity, not duplicity, and that they can't achieve their career goals on their own. They have to network their way to success. If you're struggling to meet new people, here's some common-sense advice for increasing your networking mojo. Start Small If the idea of approaching people you don't know intimidates you, begin...
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...cause and effect School Shootings often times, human beings feel the pressures that life and the society can put on, but some can handle it, and some cant. Life and the society in which we live in can take a toll on the emotional, mental and physical aspect of lives as an adult, so just think of how much more of a burden it can be on teenagers in high school, younger children in middle school, or young adults in college. Not only are they dealing with a lot of things out of school but also but also school pressures. When these pressures get the best of these students and they do not have control over their emotions, feelings like it couldn’t be handled another way, it can be taken to a dangerous level. It can lead to negative consequences that can be violent and detrimental such as school shootings. According to www.schoolsafty.us/school-assiated-violent-deaths-p-6.html, “an identified 93 incidents when student came onto school property and killed one or more people over the worst ten- year period, 1992-3 to 2001-2. this means and average of about 9.3 cases per year or about once a month during the school years.” once of the factors that cause these school shootings is anger. Anger can be a big problem if the individual does not know how to control it. It can have a person acting in totally different ways and depending on the situation may send them off the edge. Anger can be built up from something simple as people not understanding or something quick as a bad morning or...
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...Customized for: Isaac (illin@mednet.ucla.edu) THE INTRODUCTION Vault Guide to Schmoozing Customized for: Isaac (illin@mednet.ucla.edu) 2 © 2009 Vault.com, Inc. Introduction What does schmoozing sound like to you? Maybe it sounds smug, unctuous, oily, slimy. It sounds, quite frankly, like 'oozing.' Schmoozing is far from slimy, but 'oozing' actually isn’t a bad description of what a schmoozer does. A schmoozer slides into opportunities where none are apparent, developing friendships from the slightest of acquaintances. Through formless, oozy, schmoozy action, a schmoozer moves slowly but inexorably towards his or her goals. What is schmoozing? Schmoozing is noticing people, connecting with them, keeping in touch with them — and benefiting from relationships with them. Schmoozing is about connecting with people in a mutually productive and pleasurable way — a skill that has taken on new importance in our fragmented, harried, fiber-optic-laced world. Schmoozing is the development of a support system, a web of people you know who you can call, and who can call you, for your mutual benefit and enjoyment. Schmoozing is the art of semi-purposeful conversation: half chatter, half exploration. Schmoozing is neither project nor process. It's a way of life. How does schmoozing differ from networking? Conventional networking is the clammy science of collecting business cards ad infinitum, of cold-calling near strangers to grill them about possible openings in their places...
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...Professor Swanson October 7, 2015 How to Overcome Shyness Not being able to talk to other people is something that most have trouble with. It is something that is not easy to overcome. There should be some way to help you; if you just try hard enough. Shyness should not be something you should feel a shame. It is not just you, there are so many people around the world who are also shy. Don’t be a downer; try something that will help you out by telling yourself what you need to do in order to change the person of who you are to someone new and lively. An outgoing and charismatic person. First, you need to have self-confidence. Having confidence will make you feel good about yourself, even if you get rejected. Also, try to practice your social skills. Talk to strangers; if you can’t do that, you can talk to yourself in the mirror. That’s how actors build confidence and get rid of their anxiety. If you look down or depressed, you won’t overcome being shy. You have to stay positive and smile, look like a pleasing person. Having a positive attitude and a nice gorgeous smile will make you look like a pleasing person to talk to or be friends with. The second step to overcome shyness; is to start with making eye contact with people you might like to talk to, smiling at them, or saying hi out of the blue. Think of possible conversation starters you could say. If you see something interesting, make a comment. Even if it’s not at anyone directly, chances are people...
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...The importance of music in learning is often underestimated. I remember growing up in a household were music was played at all times, but once homework time came around, all music was stopped. My parents strongly believed that in order to learn best, there had to be absolute silence. I always thought otherwise, and I was right. Music is phenomenal in motivating creativity in children, helps improve cognitive and language skills, and most importantly helps boost their confidence and self-esteem. Music brings the creative side of people out. Think about it, songs, raps, even art are inspired by music. It opens up your imagination, and it makes you do beautiful things. I believe this to be true. I am really into art, and I like to paint. My best paintings have been those were I turn on my music, and just let the music lead. My paintings often express the mood I was in while listening to a certain song. Music also helps improve language and cognitive skills. A perfect example of this was the Gabby Gifford’s case, she found language through music therapy after a horrible injury. She started singing the words that she could not speak, because it was so much easier for her. It mentioned in the video that language in the brain is only located in the left part of the hemisphere, whereas music is located in both. This makes it so much easier for language to not be fully affected. Movement that music provides also helps children in helping recognize shapes, numbers or letters, and always...
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...5 References * 6 External links | ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Impairment When feeling self-conscious, one becomes aware of even the smallest of one's own actions. Such awareness can impair one's ability to perform complex actions. Adolescence is believed to be a time of heightened self-consciousness. A person with a chronic tendency toward self-consciousness may be shy or introverted.[3] ------------------------------------------------- [edit]Psychology Unlike self-awareness, which in a philosophical context is being conscious of oneself as an individual, self-consciousness, being excessively conscious of one's appearance or manner, can be a problem at times. Self-consciousness is often associated with shyness and embarrassment, in which case a lack of pride and low self-esteem can result. In a positive context, self-consciousness may affect the development of identity, for it is during periods of high self-consciousness that people come the closest to knowing themselves objectively. Self-consciousness affects people in varying degrees, as...
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...of Myspace has became a legend to most young people. He’s the man with millions of friends. Myspace allows for people to add his or her friends as they choose and Tom is everyone’s friend. He is the face of Myspace. There are numerous reasons why Myspace is such a haven for young people. You can keep in touch with friends, family members, or people you met on the internet that are from anywhere in the world for free. It is simple to use which is another reason for it’s rapidly growing popularity. Teens can express there uniqueness by decorating there profiles with songs, pictures, quotes, colorful back grounds and even videos! Myspace allows for all stereotypes to be social and communicate how they please. It takes away from peoples shyness and apprehensiveness to talk to someone new. I was 15 and in the middle of my freshman year when I first got a Myspace. I first heard about this popular new website in school where everyone was talking about how cool it was so I decided to get one like everyone else. I didn’t really use my Myspace much in the beginning because I didn’t really understand it. After a year or so of having a Myspace I finally understood how it worked and that’s when it became addicting. I was logging on to my Myspace account at least three times a day just to see who was leaving me...
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...Michael Paine thepainer@wi.rr.com GM591 Leadership and Organizational Paper May 12, 2012 LSI Paper Personal Thinking Skills As I was going through my LSI and answering the questions, I was very surprised by my results and in some areas not so surprised. I am starting a new job, whole different career, being out of a job since February. I also am under a completely different schedule, so was transitioning my body to working a different hours than what my body is used to. So it was kind of a stressful time when I completed this, so I think that may have been part of why my results are the way they are. My LSI results will be located in the Appendix 1 section. The dependent thinking style was my primary and I was kind of surprised that this would be my highest. However, when I thought about what types of thoughts and feeling are included in this slice, I kind of agreed with it, a lot would be the life situations that are happening in my life over the past few months. This thinking style is a defensive style, having the feel that the efforts that I put into my work, family, overall life choices that they haven’t counted towards anything that I would like to achieve. I think for me personally that if I took this again, I think this wouldn’t be my primary thinking, because some parts of this can be affected by starting a new job, which I just have and am learning new things and having a whole different culture of people and procedures...
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...How do you perceive a person walking down the hall with their head down, or a person who looks away when you try to make eye contact with them? Some people may think that they are snobby, but often that person may just be shy or have social anxiety disorder. Social anxiety could be mistaken for shyness very easily and the way people behave towards each other. Shyness has many different faces and different meanings to other people. Shyness can be known for a personality trait (Smith). Some people tend to think that shyness is just a phase and it only occurs during early childhood years. Others may mistake shyness as social anxiety or vice versa. Shyness and social phobia do have similar qualities; however shyness is not as extreme as social anxiety (Smith). As a parent, my mother was concerned about me when I was younger and went through the shyness phase. She was concerned that I may have social anxiety because I was so shy. After going to my pediatrician for any annual checkups, they discovered that it was just me being shy. My mom was one of the people who thought being shy was a good quality. Many people...
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