Many outgrow their shyness.
There's an additional problem with situational shyness: it can pop up at the most inopportune times.
According to psychologist Jonathan Cheek, author of Conquering shyness: a Personalized Approach, two-thirds of shy people can identify specific events in their lives that contributed to their shyness.
When my play was with thee I never questioned who thou wert. I knew nor shyness nor fear, my life was boisterous.
A lot of tall women have a hunch, or the hint of one, the shadow of some adolescent shyness that made them stoop to seem smaller, but you stand tall at 5ft 11in.