There are many more obscure, miserable and impoverished geniuses in the world than under appreciated beauties. Intelligence, for all it's power, manifests itself only through the transforming medium of work. Nov 1994 p. 56. An over-protective environment or unreliable relationships cause insecurity. Shyness genetically originated wherein an animal would not become habituated to a new location, until fully acquainted with those new surroundings, and thus danger was avoided, and survival was enhanced.
Shyness helps inhibit socially unacceptable behavior, and in the present day causes embarrassment.
Shyness is activated and surfaces thru life experiences. The shy are trapped between two fears. Why Juvenile Deliquents are so dangerous. They are hard, half-blind, furiously offended, rancorous, enraged, infants capable of any atrocity. The decency of the adults in the community has always depended on the fact that other adults can see him or her.