Are you an ectomorph?

[Hussein]

Is shyness correlated with skinniness? I ask this because I was extremely skinny AS A KID. Now I have put on weight because I am now an adult but when I was a kid I was very skinny but I would still be considered underweight.

 

[JonnyA]

I am a very shy mesomorph (78kg, 1.80m). My shyness has affected my physique in several ways.

• Since the age of 16, I haven't had a proper job or social life. I rarely leave the house and get the "background" exercise that most people my age benefit from.
• At home, I am often bored and there is always a snack nearby. I eat a lot of junk.
• I enjoy inflicting pain on myself by running. It numbs the worse pain of loneliness. But in recent months, I have made some online friends. Now I don't run so much!
• Also in recent months, I have become more introspective. Now I understand better what I was missing, I regret the 15 years I spent alone. I worry about my online friends disappearing, and about them finding more interesting people to talk to. This introspection has reduced my appetite. In terms of energy balance, my reduction in appetite has had a larger effect than the reduction in the amount of exercise I take. So: online socializing has made me thinner and less muscular - it has pushed me some way towards ectomorphism.

 

[Claude]

I am a pretty shy person most of the time and do have trouble meeting new people. But I would not consider myself skinny. I am 5'11 180 pounds and have a pretty nice, well-muscled body from all of the powerlifting, running, and martial arts training that I have undertaken over the years. I highly doubt there is a connection between being skinny and being shy. Unless of course and individual is shy about going out into public because they are skinny perhaps? But then again, with the obesity rates in North America these days, most people would love to worry about people perceiving them as "too skinny". Shyness can be a genetic trait apparently and it affects people of all shapes and sizes and walks of life.

 

[behindcloseddoors]

Don't know about corrilations between body type and shyness, but I was always a highly strung skinny teen, then went through an obeese period in my twenties in which time I became less shy. Now in my 30's I am muscular body builder, although still ectomorph as I am only 180 @ 5'9" with 10% body fat, and still shy and reserved, but less highly strung.

 

[black_mamba]

If it means anything, yes I am shy and an ecto'. 8)

 

[Oli025]

if you were skinny but didnt see yourself skinny, would u still be shy?

probably no.

So its more about interpretation than facts.

 

[Skog]

Is shyness correlated with skinniness?

I don't think they're related. Being self-conscious about your appearance, skinny, fat, birthmarks, hair, etc., can be one factor inducing shyness. I'm sure a person could be shy and not have it relate to appearance at all. If you're conducting a poll, though, I am definitely an ectomorph.

 

[Chris_abc123]

I'm a skinny guy. I thinks there's definately a connection since skinnier kids are a bit more likely to be picked on, or at least teased.

If a kid's already predisposed to being shy and innhibited, the skinniness factor can be one thing that helps push them towards those sorts of behaviors.

 

[A_Void_Ant]

I am an ectomorph. I am 6'0'' tall, but I only weight 115 lbs. I'm a freak. I don't think being skinny alone makes someone shy, but that plus a low self-esteem can, like my situation. You see, there are plenty of really, really skinny people who are totally not shy, but then there are those like me, who are skinny and shy, because we have no confidence in ourselves. Contributing factors to having a low self-esteem because of shyness can be things like being bullied, teased, and made fun of as a younger child. I remember everyone making fun of me when I was in elementary school because of how skinny I was. For some reason, back then, I didn't even think of myself as being skinny. Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I was only slightly skinny, but because of everyone calling me skinny throughout my younger childhood, it caused me to percieve my own self as being skinny as I grew older, thus causing me to create some sort of self-fulfilling prophecy in which I became skinny. You know, it's one thing when people want to make fun of me for being skinny in elementary school, but when I got into middle school and high school, and peers became less childish (not necessarily less mature, as there are obviously a lot of immature people in schools these days), their remarks merged from being a put-down/tease, into rather offensive comments like, "You need to get some meat on them bones"; of which I found to be extremely hurtful, even if their intentions were not cruel. I guess some people say those things to make themselves feel better about themselves, you know, the really arrogant people with perfect bodies who need to constantly reassure themselves of how perfect they are by saying things like that. Other examples of that were, "Do you ever eat?", "You really need to eat more"; or let's say, I'm eating dinner at a friend's house (obviously an extremely rare occasion for me being a near-antisocial) with their family, then someone would say, "Jesus, you look like you could eat a horse", or, "Jesus, does your family ever feed you?"

There is so much more I would like to say about my skinniness, but I don't think anyone wants to read a super-long post. I guess I'll stop here, but there's one more thing I want to say, and that is; why do these people care if I'm skinny? I'm the one who has to worry about it. It's my body, not theirs. It's not like I'm anorexic/bulemic. Both of those disorders disgust me (no offense to any one who has performed either of those in their past or is currently having trouble or struggling with either of those disorders currently). I apologize for typing so much. Obvioulsy I never get out.

 

[maggie]

I am an ectomorph. I am 6'0'' tall, but I only weight 115 lbs. I'm a freak. I don't think being skinny alone makes someone shy, but that plus a low self-esteem can, like my situation. You see, there are plenty of really, really skinny people who are totally not shy, but then there are those like me, who are skinny and shy, because we have no confidence in ourselves. Contributing factors to having a low self-esteem because of shyness can be things like being bullied, teased, and made fun of as a younger child. I remember everyone making fun of me when I was in elementary school because of how skinny I was. For some reason, back then, I didn't even think of myself as being skinny. Maybe I wasn't. Maybe I was only slightly skinny, but because of everyone calling me skinny throughout my younger childhood, it caused me to percieve my own self as being skinny as I grew older, thus causing me to create some sort of self-fulfilling prophecy in which I became skinny. You know, it's one thing when people want to make fun of me for being skinny in elementary school, but when I got into middle school and high school, and peers became less childish (not necessarily less mature, as there are obviously a lot of immature people in schools these days), their remarks merged from being a put-down/tease, into rather offensive comments like, "You need to get some meat on them bones"; of which I found to be extremely hurtful, even if their intentions were not cruel. I guess some people say those things to make themselves feel better about themselves, you know, the really arrogant people with perfect bodies who need to constantly reassure themselves of how perfect they are by saying things like that. Other examples of that were, "Do you ever eat?", "You really need to eat more"; or let's say, I'm eating dinner at a friend's house (obviously an extremely rare occasion for me being a near-antisocial) with their family, then someone would say, "Jesus, you look like you could eat a horse", or, "Jesus, does your family ever feed you?"

There is so much more I would like to say about my skinniness, but I don't think anyone wants to read a super-long post. I guess I'll stop here, but there's one more thing I want to say, and that is; why do these people care if I'm skinny? I'm the one who has to worry about it. It's my body, not theirs. It's not like I'm anorexic/bulemic. Both of those disorders disgust me (no offense to any one who has performed either of those in their past or is currently having trouble or struggling with either of those disorders currently). I apologize for typing so much. Obvioulsy I never get out.

awww PJS..just cause you're skinny, doesn't make you a freak! I hate stupid judgemental people who judge others for stuff they can't help especially....they suck :evil: