“Istill have that overlag of feeling that I am pretending to be an author,” she later wrote. <> “Har yanzu na kan jikamar cewa nimarubuciyace,” a cewar Agatha Christie.
This is the paradox at the heart of a newbook, Shrinking Violets, by the cultural historian Joe Moran, <> Wannan ita ce tambayar da wani sabon littafi ‘Shrinking Violets’ ke kokarin amsawa
the American doctor Henry Heimlich (who gave his name to the Heimlich Manoeuvre) once observed that <> Shaharren likita ba’amurke Henry Heimlich ya taba cewa
Those feelings that may have shaped his career long before he decided to explore the subject academically. <> Mai yiwuwa ne ma kunyar ce ta yi tasari kan zabin abubuwan da zai rinka nazari a kansu.
His previous books held up a magnifying glass to the minutiae of everyday life. <> Littattafansa na baya kan yi duban tsanaki ne kan al’amuran yau da kullum.
explored the history of everyday objects and routines – from water coolers to duvets to standing in a line at the shops – <> ya bada tarihin abubuwa irin su famfo da bargon shimfida da bin layi domin sayayya a kanti.
“I think shyness probably does turn you into an amateur anthropologist, really – you are more likely to be an observer.” <> “Ina ga kunya na sa ka yin nazarin dabi’u saboda kai kullum a matsayin dan kallo ka ke.”
the Duke of Portland, who was so shy he built a 15-mile-long labyrinth of tunnels under his stately home <> Duke na Portland wanda ya gina hanya mai tsawon mil 15 a karkashin gidansa
Some of these public figures may benefit from “Maskenfreiheit” – a German word that <> Wasu daga cikin fitattun mutanen na amfana ne da abinda Jamusawa ke kira “Maskenfreiheit”
This sensation of “unrealness” helps Moran himself with public speaking, <> Ma’ana, idan su na jawabi ga dimbin jama’a, za su ji kamar ba su ba, su yi ta zuba,
although the shyness and anxiety return as soon as you feel your real personality becomes exposed. <> amma da sun kare jawabin sai kunya ta lullube su idan su ka kebe da ‘yan mutane kadan.
that these feelings come from basic prehistoric behaviours that aided out survival. <> kunya dadaddiyar dabi’a ce da ta taimaki kakannin kakanninmu wurin samun tsira a rayuwa.
have charted the “shy-bold spectrum” in a range of species, finding that it often pays for some individuals to be timid and anxious. <> sun gano cewa jin kunya da dari-dari kan taimaki dabbobi da dama.
the shyer individuals, hiding on the side-lines, might avoid attack – both successful evolutionary strategies. <> masu kunya, da ke labewa a gefe, sun fi tsira daga mahara.
“I don’t think you can talk about shyness without talking about that capacity for what Darwin called self-attention,” he says. <> A ganinsa, abinda ke jawo kunya shi ne baiwar da mutane su ke da ita na yin tunani game da kansu da kuma irin kallon da al’umma ke yi musu.
“We can think about ourselves, reflect on ourselves, and be aware that there might be other humans thinking about us.” <> Haka kuma amfani da harshe ya kara taimakawa wurin samun kunya a tsakankanin mutane.
describing us as “isolated consciousness” who can never fully understand each other’s minds. <> don harsunan ba za su iya isar da sakonmu dari bisa dari ba.
“I think that’s true of everyone but maybe shy people are more aware of that imperfection.” <> Ina ga abinda ke faruwa shi ne, mutane masu kunya sun fi fahimtar wannan nakasar.”
the tendency, after we have left the room, to replay what we should have said. <> wato sai bayan ka bar inda aka yi magana ka fara tunanin ai da na ce kaza da kaza.
it kind of emerges from the sense that the spoken word or face-to-face contact is imperfect or has failed,” Moran says. Instead, the artists try to express what could not be said at the time. <> sun yi ayyukansu ne sanadiyyar tunanukan da kan zo musu bayan an kammala magana.
“I wouldn’t say that’s the only motivation for art or writing <> Ban ce duk marubuci ko mai aikin fasaha ya dogara da irin wannan matsalar don yi masa kaimi ba,
Moran has also explored the different ways that shyness is expressed in different cultures. <> Moran ya kuma yi nazari akan bambancin kunya tsakanin al’umomin kasashe dabam-daban, inda wasu kasashen su ka fi wasu daurewa kunya.
DSM-IV – the “psychiatrists’ bible” – includes highly-specific variants such as <> Kundin bayanin cututtukan kwakwalwa na Amurka ya bayyana samfuran cutar kunya da ya ce sun hada da
There are certainly extreme examples of shyness where people can’t live their lives… where they suffer such extreme social anxiety. <> “Yayinda na ke ganin akwai mutanen da kunyarsu ta kai intaha da har za a iya kiranta cuta,
But I do think there is a bit of a trend to medicalise things that may just be within the range of human experience.” <> ina kuma tunanin cewa mai da kunya baki dayanta cuta ba daidai ba ne domin kuwa dabi’a ce ta bil’adama.”
he’s come to realise that shyness may be far more common than he had once realised. <> yanzu Moran ya fahimci cewa ashe akwai mutane da yawa da ke jin kunya, fiye da yadda ya yi tsammani.
“One of the mistakes you can make when you are shy is to think that you are very unusual in the way you are interacting with people – but some of these problems are universal.” <> “Daya daga cikin manyan kura-kuran da masu jin kunya ke yi shi ne su dauka kamar su kadai ne ke fama da ita.”
With Moran as its reluctant, mild-mannered cheerleader, the Shy Pride movement may have just been born. <> Ba mamaki littafin na Moran ya zama silar da masu jin kunya za su bayyana kansu tare da yin alfahari da dabi’arsu.
