Is shyness a form of low self-esteem?
Contrary to popular belief, not all shy people suffer from inferiority complexes or low self-esteem. Shyness is a very specific way of responding to a particular type of situation. Of course, shy people may eventually develop feelings of inferiority in the area of human relations, but here the low self esteem is the result of shyness, not the cause of it. This is not to say that no shy people suffer from an inferiority complex. But feelings of inferiority or low self-esteem are far from the exclusive domain of shy people.
