I was lonely at home; an aloof older brother, a seemingly forever tired mom and a commuter-working dad. School was another place where I felt terrible. I know why I didn’t fit in; it seems so simple now. I needed guidance in the sand box to learn how to play. At that age, it might […]

One of the great complexities and consequential agonies of severe shyness is its lack of understanding. For example, just last week I read an article by a neuroscientist saying “shy” is good. His experience and understanding of “shy” is quite unlike that of those of us who experience or have experienced the type of shyness […]

  We are now connected with a Fiscal Sponsor which, in short, elevates us to non profit tax-exempt status and enables us to have significantly elevated presence in the eyes of the public. In the next couple of months Severe Shyness Support (S3) will start its own website devoted to its undertakings. Our goals are […]

Severe Shyness Support (S3) S3 has happened! Our Advisory Council is off to a good start: it is umbrellered by Honorary Member Dr. Philip Zimbardo, author of “Shyness” 1977 and former President of the American Psychology Association. Our Kennebunk hero is Dr. Kevin P. Crowley, Interim Superintendent of the Kennebunk School Systems. A Kennebunk School […]

  Although you have to stay indoors, summer in Maine owes its wonders to rain storms. Violent storms clear the air, washing the landscape, and when the sun returns, the trees, flowers and fields show their naked colors. And with humans, tumultuous times precede clarity. When troubled thoughts cause us to think deeply, layers of […]