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.