Word: shyness
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...father nicknamed him "Bolbol" - Arabic for a little bird. Mohammed El Amir recalls his son as a timid boy who avoided fights or squabbles between friends. "In his behavior, my son was almost like an angel," he said. "He is like a virgin girl in his politeness and shyness. Growing up he never got into mischief, he was soft spoken and God blessed him with a beautiful face...
...School Committee has already given Simmons a political education, her friends and supporters say. Several friends who have known Simmons since the 1970s say she has grown up significantly in public life, leaving behind early shyness and learning to be more tactful in her criticisms. And though she often talks about “visions” and “dreams,” supporters say she has come to accept the trade-offs of the political process...
...long sheets are unloaded, the books bought and the parents pried away, the freshmen meet their mentor groups for an event called Adventure Day. Upperclassmen lead the groups and a faculty or staff member through a series of team-building exercises designed to help the "first years" overcome their shyness. In one exercise they must get every team member and a full glass of water to an "island" several feet away by swinging on a rope. In another they have to turn over a small tarp they are standing on, without touching the imaginary "poisonous goo" outside the tarp...
...their pet indulgences. His status as a cooler-than-cool pop-culture icon was solidified by his appearance (shades and all) in the pantheon of heroes that populate the cover of the "Sgt. Pepper" album. Hill emphasizes that Southern created the "grand guy" persona to deal with an innate shyness; Southern's collaborator Nelson Lyon is quoted as saying that as Southern grew older, he became a victim of his alter ego, "trapped in the cliches and hip jargon" that defined him in the eyes of friends and colleagues...
Parents who wonder whether their child has an anxiety disorder that warrants treatment should look for such signs as debilitating shyness, unwillingness to leave home or irrational fears that don't go away. Dr. Richard Harding, president of the American Psychiatric Association, counsels that a well-trained physician should be involved in any diagnosis. "Families should try psychotherapy first," he suggests. "This drug is for children who are disabled by their symptoms...