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Originally Posted by s4ndm4n2006
some good information here to clear up some of the major misconceptions and stereotypes that seem to be assumed here:
some excerpts:
"...Jung described extraversion and introversion as “attitude types”. An attitude type refers to the type of energy with which a person goes about life. Introversion doesn’t merely mean shy and extroversion doesn’t always mean “life of the party..."
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Amen!
Many misconceptions yes and a personal pet peeve of mine, I have to admit.
I am an introvert by nature, but I often easily get mistaken for an extrovert because I am super friendly, have zero social anxiety and don't have even one shy bone in my body.
I get along with people of all types, but people generally just tire me out.
I get "All socialled out" quite easily and need to recharge for quite some time after exposure.
ETA: Oh sorry, and in response to the question in the thread title...
Shy = hard to read, hard to read can in some cases equal distrust.
So it may not be an outright dislike of the shy person, but more a "I have no idea where I stand with this person so its safer to keep my distance"
My T and I had a talk about that just after I started working, I couldn't figure out my moody manager and turns out she couldn't figure me out either because I was always silently buried in my work. Me hoping to be unobtrusive led to her not meshing with me smoothly. Once I started initiating more convos and building a rapport with her she stopped yelling about where I was hiding.