
10-07-2005, 10:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Northeast coast, USA
Posts: 5,055
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ok, people who know me are going to laugh at this... I'm shy too. Use to be alot worse then I am now. Now its mostly large gatherings that get to me.
In high school I was painfully shy. But like you it bothered me & I knew I had to change. I used my college campus to do it. I figured new surroundings & new people. I decided to do one "un-shy" thing everyday the first month.
Just saying 'hi' to a stranger would make me light-headed, shakey and break out in a cold sweat. Many days I didn't follow through. But after awhile smiling at somebody & saying hi was fairly easy. So 2nd semester I decided that at least once a week I had to say more then hi & actually talk with someone. OMG, talk about panic attacks!!
I still hesitate when meeting new people & wait for them to talk 1st and I'm not good at carrying a conversation. But for the most part it worked for me. It was a long slow change. Give it a try... small steps until one day you can say hi to the pretty girl in history class without having a heart attack.
Good luck!!
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