Many a shy person curses the luck that he inherited this character trait from his family instead of a few million. But it is not so clear that shyness is transmitted by inheritance. Shyness can be overcome because, despite its genetic component, it is a legacy that we can get rid of based on personal development.
The burden of inheriting shyness
- Many specialists agree that there is a shyness gene that approximately 20% of people have. This gene does not determine by itself that a person is shy, but rather predisposes them to it. On the other hand, this gene is not responsible for your family being full of shy either. And it is that many people think that shyness is inherited.
- Shyness is a character trait that develops in childhood. The fact that there are many shy people in the same family is decisive for the child to learn and imitate these behaviors of social inhibition. If in your family they are not the kings of social relationships, the logical thing is that you have not learned to develop those skills.
- This does not mean that you should resign yourself to being a shy person for life. Shyness can be a family inheritance, but you can always give up that inheritance. That is what the stage of maturity is for, of adult life where a person makes their own decisions and gets rid of everything that harms them. Even though you were a shy girl in your childhood, it is still possible to overcome that shyness.
- And it is that sometimes we let ourselves be carried away by prejudices. If shyness is genetic, if shyness is inherited, we have nothing to do with it. This is an erroneous thought, as well as a very pessimistic one that generates shyness itself along with all those negative emotions that do not allow you to move forward in life. So it’s time to break free of the family legacy of shyness.