Research has shown biological differences in the brains of shy people. But a propensity for shyness also is influenced by social experiences. Its believed that most shy children develop shyness because of interactions with parents. Parents who are authoritarian or overprotective can cause their children to be shy.

What Bible says about introverts?

Blessed are the introverts, Matthew says, for they shall inherit the land. Only people who have moved themselves from dependent to independent, from pitying themselves to helping others, from weak introverts to strong introverts -- will ever be able to manage and maintain the land they will inherit.

Is being shy normal?

Chloe Foster, a clinical psychologist at the Centre for Anxiety Disorders and Trauma in London, says shyness in itself is quite common and normal and doesnt cause problems unless it develops into more of a social anxiety.