The reality is that most people who seek help for this problem are adults. In cases where the problem is substantial, it worsens over time. I refer to this fear response as interactive inhibition. When interactions are inhibited by social anxiety, a person is unable to get as much out of life as is possible. The reality is that shyness is social anxiety.
Social anxiety is a learned response and habit that can be broken.
Furthermore, at the risk of being controversial, as an individual begins to understand that social anxiety is a combination of attitudinal, emotional.