This one is for the Shy people. Being afraid of public speaking is so common and so normal. If you're shy...learn how you might be suffering from trait anxiety in these Bright Ideas from Dr. Sunny

HELLO AND WELCOME TO BRIGHT IDEAS WITH DR. SUNNY. LAST TIME, I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION--STATE ANXIETY...OR THE FEAR OF PUBLIC EMBARRASSMENT. THIS TIME, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT TRAIT ANXIETY--SO FOR ALL THE SHY PEOPLE OUT THERE--THIS ONE’S FOR YOU!

HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU HAVE TRAIT ANXIETY?
ARE YOU APPREHENSIVE ABOUT GIVING A SPEECH?
OR ARE YOU APPREHENSIVE ABOUT COMMUNICATING AND INTERACTING WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN GENERAL?

IF THIS SOUNDS LIKE YOU, YOU’RE NOT ALONE. IN HER BIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY, POP ICON BRITNEY SPEARS SHARED:

“I’M NOT MADE FOR THIS INDUSTRY. I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF SHY, SINCE I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. IT’S WHO I AM TO BE MODEST, SO I CAN’T REALLY HELP IT.”

USUALLY SHY PEOPLE WHO AVOID COMMUNICATING AND INTERACTING ARE SUFFERING FROM A FEAR OF JUDGMENT. THIS FEAR LEADS THEM TO AVOID ALMOST ALL FORMS OF COMMUNICATION WHERE THEY NEED TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.

HOW COMMON IS SHYNESS? PIONEERING PERSONALITY PSYCHOLOGY PROFESSOR BERNARDO CARDUCCI AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY TOLD PSYCHOLOGY TODAY THAT FORTY TO FORTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ADULTS SAY THEY ARE SHY. HE BREAKS THAT DOWN INTO THREE CHARACTERISTICS:

SHY PEOPLE ARE EXCESSIVELY SELF CONSCIOUS
SHY PEOPLE ENGAGE IN NEGATIVE SELF EVALUATION...AND
SHY PEOPLE HAVE EXCESSIVE NEGATIVE SELF PRE-OCUPATION

DR. BERNARDO BREAKS IT DOWN NICELY:
“SHY PEOPLE TRULY WANT TO BE SOCIAL, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T, AND THAT’S THE TYPICAL PAIN OF SHYNESS--WHEN WE WANT SOMETHING WE CAN’T HAVE.”

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOU CAN TRICK YOUR BRAIN AND OVERCOME YOUR SHYNESS TO BECOME A MORE CONFIDENT PUBLIC SPEAKER… EVEN IF YOU HAVE TRAIT ANXIETY.

IN THE NEXT VIDEO, WE’LL TALK ABOUT THE FINAL TYPE OF COMMUNICATION APPREHENSION--SCRUTINY FEAR.

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Dr. Sunny Skye Hughes teaches at Santa Fe College-ranked #1 community college in 2016 by the Aspen Institute.

You can take the class from anywhere as a transient student.
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