"Catherine Woodgold" wrote:

Jen wrote:
[snip]
I was extremely shy all my life. It isn't till I was 35ish that I
discovered I had social phobia.

"Social phobia" is just a fancy word for "shy".

That is not true. That is like saying depression is just a fancy word for
sad.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/soc...595/DSECTION=2

rj