New cat runs when she sees people?

Don't worry just yet. Six days is not very long, and she's most likely still getting used to her new home.

Who knows, past experience may have given her grounds for being skittish. She will probably relax a little more once she has settled in. In the meantime, be patient, let her come to you when she wants to, and tread carefully (I've seen fairly well-adjusted cats who take cover when someone wearing heavy shoes or otherwise making a lot of noise enters a room). If you're the one who feeds her and plays with her, she will soon figure out that you're her friend!

I have a very shy girl. She keeps changing all the time! She's going to be four in August! She came from a foster and we got her at 7 weeks old!! The litter was abandon by the mom so as soon as they were eating real food the foster let them go.

Anyway, without having a mom, Grace never learned any real social skills or how to "be a cat". She was a wreck! I had NO idea what I was in for! I thought she would kill herself the way she would run down the hall to get away from people she even thought were coming to the house (like the mail man every day) or cars that were loud driving by. It was bad for a long time.

But slowly she has come around. Our other cats have helped A LOT as they've come in the house - she learns by watching them, even though she hates them!!

Your kitty snuggling on the bed shows she WANTS to trust you and love you, maybe she just gets scared and can't in every situation just yet.

Grace used to hide when anyone came over. I once had a friend from out of town come to visit and Grace literally spent 4 solid days under my bed - I had to feed her under there!! Now there are a few people she recognizes and she comes out for them. When my mom comes over now, Grace even lets my mom brush her and pet her!

Just be patient - It may take awhile - a long while. But give your new kitty space to learn to trust! It will happen in their own time. My Grace is proof of that! I NEVER thought my scared little girl would do some of the things she is doing now. I just have to be soft and gentle and let her do it in her own time, I'm sure it will be the same for you too. She still won't let me pick her up, but we're working on it

She's still adjusting to you and your home. Just take it slow, let her determine the pace, and when she's outside of your room, don't attempt to pick her up or approach her until she's totally comfortable with you and her new surroundings. She'll come around but it's going to take some time.

I know how you feel. I always try to avoid writing a book when I hear about another cat who is just like Holland...

Holland, unlike your kitty, wouldn't come near me when I adopted her. She was brought to the shelter at 3 months old, and had been there for another two months before I brought her home. I never even touched her until after I'd adopted her. It took a few days before she would let me pet her, and she still doesn't like to be held (probably never will) but if I let her come to MY lap she will sit there for hours letting me pet her.

I've had her for a little over 2 1/2 years, and in that time we've lived in 3 different places with different people. It always takes her a while (weeks to a couple of months) to establish her "home base" where she feels comfortable all of the time.

Right now we're living in my mom's basement, and she's comfy and confident down there, but I hate having her in the basement all the time so I let her come upstairs when my nieces and their dog are not around. Even with nobody else in the house, if she is out of her "safe zone" she is always wary, she creeps more than she walks, and will jump at any noise. I finally just decided that if she is out of "her" space, she is always cautious, always on guard. It sounds like right now, your bed is your kitty's "home base".

Six days is not very long for her to be used to her new home, so like others have said, just give her time. You will learn her personality and you will learn what situations make her nervous. AND, she will learn to trust you. Also, like motoko stated, once she learns that you are the person who brings her food and entertains her, it won't take her long to warm up to you!

Six days is still real soon in your kitten's life.
Ritz lived on the streets for the first four to six months of her life; a friend rescued Ritz (and her three brothers and sisters); I helped socialize them; same friend asked if I would consider "fostering" Ritz to give same friend time to work more with the other cats and to avoid an unplanned pregnancy. Ritz had me with her first "meow".
I'd never had a pet before, much less a cat. So I had to learn on the job, so to speak (and read CatSite every hour every day).
Ritz was skittish to say the least at first. What I found helpful in order to get her use to movement and me, was to tell her where I was in relation to her; in other words, "going around you Love Bug"; "coming through"; "Beside you". This was especially important when she could not see me. Now I can literally walk over her and she won't move (and, yes, I still tell her where I am going.)
I live alone and not many people visit me. So Ritz is still somewhat scared of people but is adjusting more quickly (i.e., not hide as long) now that I've had her/she's had me for 18 months.

I have a girl kitty I adopted a little less than a year ago. She was very skittish with us the first couple of days but settled in. Although she is very comfortable with us and the house in general, she will run and hide if someone else comes into the house or even to the door. I feel bad for her when she hears a stranger because I know she feels fear. I don't know that she will ever be any different. I think some cats are just like that. Your kitty will get used to you and trust you, even if she never allows anyone else too close.