God, I keep thinking I'm shy. Is this true? And even if it's true, then... is it good to think such things?

Then this verse comes to mind: "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."

Think shyness is my natural reaction to rejection, and the fear of being rejected/looking bad in others' eyes... but I tend to be shyer with certain personalities whereas I'm much more comfortable with other personalities.

Maybe it's because of a particularly bad experience I had for one year with a very fierce primary school teacher, that made me very tense whenever I meet people with similar personalities like her.