Cerise
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http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2007/10/12/shyness_how_normal_became_illness/8806/
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/21/o...1d9627b09&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
http://www.rxpgnews.com/research/Ho...rmal-human-traits-became-sickness_68258.shtml
By 1987 the The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders had removed the key phrase a compelling desire to avoid, requiring instead only marked distress, and signs of that could include concern about saying the wrong thing. Impairment became something largely in the eye of the beholder, and anticipated embarrassment was enough to meet the diagnostic threshold, says Lane.
It's normal for a kid to be bashful---who decided it became a mental illness?
CHICAGO, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- Labeling shyness as a disorder gave the pharmaceutical industry the opportunity to provide a pill for every alleged chemical imbalance, a U.S. author says.
A-ha!