Show Are You 7 Shy Ol O Then ihen Youre You're W You J re reas Not as Yet Fully Developed S By Dr Leonard Keene Hirshberg t 11 II LI 11 A. A 31 31 1 1 D. D JOHNS HOPKI S 'S S Jo A SCIENTIFIC psychological an- an an I i of or shyness may put this I i emotional phenomenon upon n a I anatomical basis iol J- J I shyness appears to bo ho o a associated I nied with lack of expansion immaturity it ity or want tnt of Jati lation n and Impressionability of certain glands Repression lon or suppression of some parts of the tha anatomy excessive he lion tion and checked responses to external effects maki mak to foj- foj the emotional backwardness back called shyness I. I To be shy means that the Individuals Individual's evolution physiological ical de developments arc aio banked cd and held In n abeyance either by br I too loo much protection from Crom the universe of or impressions restricted contact with the worlds world's ari variety l of or impulses or want vant I of full anatomical growth Shyness therefore is 11 not not as a. man many would have you ou think a type trpe of or vanIty van van- It Ity Itu thinking self or egotism m. m It is not the fault of the victim leUm Shyness Is not nota a ft perversity of or human nature a sentimental sentimental senti senti- mental habit or demeanor to be shaken off at wilL wilt It is rather an infantile state Mato maintained up to adult life a condition condition condition con con- which all aU the theories in the av average average average av- av persons person's belief belle cannot help By superficial observers shyness has been con considered a as s t temperamental cm peram en t al Temperament however is an inherited I state of tho the human cosmos which makes or unmakes a a. per persons person's ons on's behavior and fits tits into his character This is not the case with the emotional timidity which can be he removed modified and andal- andal alt al al altered t red by practice knowledge and ex ex- le i-i i ence Contrary to the general id ideas as about it a a. shy hy person often has a a. rather good I sense of oC humor This cannot be said of self self-conscious blushing individuals individuals- 1 tho those e frequently confused with shy ones The me strange chance which makes pome ome young oun men and ancI women sh shy and others not Is happily looked upon with smiles and amusement by a great reat mall many so afflicted Although h the they ma may be depressed at times u usually a distinct sen sense e of the absurdity of or it all remains with them Ashamed of at this tIlls emotional state slate tat tho the sh shy persons person's shyness is the very ven antithesis antithesis anti anti- thesis of tho the egoist The Thc embarrassment of shyness M js like that of ot Alexan Alexander er standing standing- in the light of Diogenes' Diogenes lantern lan Inn tern It stands in its own on light and in interferes In- In with its victims victim's be bent t efforts effort Occasionally rhyness becomes so 80 deeply set that it is incurable Ine Professor Pro Pro- fes lessor fessor or one of or the foremast biologists is Incurably sh shy His Ills shyness exhibits itself at eVer every time in his I writings s and In lu his lectures The vast depths of his original Intellect an and ac accurate accurate accurate ac- ac I curate facts aro are only fathomed when he lie he as man many sh shy persons do to mom momentarily momen momen- en- en taril unembarrassed d talks talka rapidly upon some sonic topic which arouses him out of or his hla shyness Most lost persons person eventually e can overcome over over- come their shyness b by new experiences wider variety arlet of or Impulses impressions and stimulations which gradually yet et certainly arouse the latent glands lands and the slumbering structures As those throw off the leash of youth limited opportunities and association latent powers burst their shackles and round themselves out In the worldly maturi matur- matur i It called courage of conviction |