Thursday, January 22, 2009
Welcome to the Shyness Institute Blog
Welcome, friends, to the Shyness Institute Blog. In this blog I will be writing my thoughts about shyness, both new research and ideas about Social Fitness. As that name suggests, I am a big fan of getting away from the medical model. Shyness is not a disease that needs to be treated, but a temperament that has strengths and vulnerabilities like any other. Social fitness, like physical fitness, involves daily workouts and practice, emphasizing one's strengths and developing new behaviors when they are helpful in a particular situation. Social interaction is negotiated and no one is a perfection social performer. We can all learn and, if we are open, we can learn together.
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Hi Lynne! I hope you are able to reach and help a lot of people on your site. I like the idea of social fitness. Best of luck!
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Hi Lynne! I stumbled upon your blog while doing research on shyness. I have lived with it all my life and I am starting to embrace it as part of me while working on living a life in the outside world. May I use some of your thoughts in my own personal blog?
ReplyDeleteThanks.
You are welcome to use the thoughts, as long as you credit the source :-)
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you are embracing it as part of you. Shyness has many strengths. And glad you are working on living in the outside world.
All best,
Lynne