What can I do to overcome my shyness?
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Do what I do, which is simply go up to people your own age and introduce yourself. Ask them what their name is and what are their hobbies? Once you strike a conversation with them, then they should start talking to you! Bottom line: There's no cure for shyness. It's something that you just have to overcome. Good luck!
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Join theatre, speech, and/or debate. That's what helped me.
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depending if your a girl or guy, i sometimes drink a beer or 2 to help a little bit .but if u dont drink.could be trouble. im a realy shy person also ..lol
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Don't really know I am still shy. But I know when I try really hard to go straight up in a group and start talking i feel alot better than if i linger on the side lines. It helps too if you have a good friend whos not shy she can kinda drag you too the activity and a drink always helps loosen me up a bit too.
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yeah i always workout ot something to make myself feel better or to look good so it helps a bit.but if u knew how shy i am in front of people and bein the center of atention im real bad unless im hammered..lol
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Are you really shy? From your way of typing I assume your not shy, you are just feeling like an outcast and that is not good.
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I used to be be really shy.What I did is take small steps to get over my shyness.Then later I would challenge myself.I took I night course on improvisation.Part of the course was two people would each keep changing into another characture.It was a stretch but helped a lot.Another thing,which was less stessfull, was joining toastmasters where small groups would have poeple take turns in public speaking.
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The best way to get over shyness is to force yourself to be social. It's one of those things that must be initiated without thought. There are many reasons for shyness, but you'll find that just forcing out some conversation is hard at first and, after about ten seconds, you can feel it boiling away.
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You need to start talking to people and participating in conversations. Take it slow go one step at a time. Find some RL friends and stuff like that. Oh and being outgoing on the internet isn't much of an accomplishment, most people are outgoing on the net.
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Block everyone else out, and say or do things that you want to. Believe it or not people will respect you if you if you speak out. (works for me)
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Why be Shy? I think therefore I am. Famous words of the philosopher Descartes. Do you think you are shy and therefore you are? If you thought you were not shy would you not be shy? I doubt it. Being shy is not your fault. It is your challenge to overcome. So let’s get real. If you are blaming and punishing yourself for being shy stop that right now!! You are a valuable, lovable person. You are more than your shyness. So what do you do? For one thing you must forgive yourself for being and feeling shy. Look at yourself in the mirror and smile at that lovely, amazing person staring back at you. Give yourself a pat on the back for being you. Was that easy? Maybe not but you must do this everyday. Set this aside as your “I love me” time. Please do this for at least seven days and see how you feel. I bet that after just seven days you will feel different. You will experience a new feeling – one of confidence …. one of hope. Remember practice makes perfect. If you want to get on the fast track to overcome your shyness go immediately to www.notshynow.com
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find a buddy to help you. whenever your buddy invites you out go. prepare for your outing by doign relaxation exercises, meditating. prepre some light conversation. the more you do that makes you feel uncomfortable the less shy you will be. soon things that were uncomfotable will feel comfortable. practice makes progress.
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Why be Shy? I think therefore I am. Famous words of the philosopher Descartes. Do you think you are shy and therefore you are? If you thought you were not shy would you not be shy? I doubt it. Being shy is not your fault. It is your challenge to overcome. So let’s get real. If you are blaming and punishing yourself for being shy stop that right now!! You are a valuable, lovable person. You are more than your shyness. So what do you do? For one thing you must forgive yourself for being and feeling shy. Look at yourself in the mirror and smile at that lovely, amazing person staring back at you. Give yourself a pat on the back for being you. Was that easy? Maybe not but you must do this everyday. Set this aside as your “I love me” time. Please do this for at least seven days and see how you feel. I bet that after just seven days you will feel different. You will experience a new feeling – one of confidence …. one of hope. Remember practice makes perfect. If you want to get on the fast track to overcome your shyness go immediately to www.notshynow.com
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Put yourself in situations where you are most comfortable. Similar to how we typically do well in subjects we are good at, why not put yourself in a position where you are already comfortable, can share your common interest, and then let that self shine through? Join a club or activity that interests you and you are more likely to come out of your shell.
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Don't try to "overcome shyness". Learn to be yourself with girls, and take a stand for your own value. The problem here is that we all have a lot of ideas about how we SHOULD be -- images and concepts we picked up from other people along the way (parents, friends, movies, songs, etc.) All those ideas do is interfere with your ability to be yourself, which is where true confidence comes from. Your mind spends all it's time comparing YOU to those images, and trying to "fix" you so that you behave like those ideas. This is ALL wrong, and completely unhelpful. In order to be yourself, you have to first become aware of and discard everything else -- the conditioning and concepts given to you by others. There's no RIGHT way for you to be. If you tend to be quiet, that's fine. Whatever you are like, your job is to have the courage to take a stand for how you are -- to be able to let go of all the doubts about yourself, and all the ideas you have about what others expect, and recognize your own voice and your own strengths... when you can do that, that's called confidence. And girls are attracted to confidence.
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If there is, let me know. I could use one.
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no there isnt you just have to get rid of this yourself try talking to more people when you go out and stuff like that
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Hell with that...when there is a cure shout it from the , I can't handle the pushing from my boyfriend to get over the shyness
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No, there is no cure for shyness. The one thing that shy people can do is try to pretend that they are not shy, and put up a good act. It can be very hard, at first, but they get more used to the act, as they get more practice. Edit: It works for ugly people, too. We can pretend that we aren't ugly, and that usually gets us through the day.
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Alcohol??...Kidding, you just have to go for it, whatever it might be.
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Alcohol.
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a gun to your head.
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Screaming out in public...
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Koolxxx please do not tell me you are shy dressed like you are in your avatar.....:-)
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tell a lie,wine n sex will make u a shameless,sesitiveless n selfish person.
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I was painfully shy in school. After graduating, I was draft age. The only job I could get was as a door to door salesman. It took awhile, but that cured me.
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There's only one way... get out and interact with people. It will suck but you'll get used to it.
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Lose your self indulgence and grow up?
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Get angry
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dress to your complete satisfaction, hairdo, expensive perfume 1 large vodka neat straight down the hatch, try that
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I wrote an article on ways to overcome shyness if you are interested in reading it. Here is the link: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1854735/how_to_overcome_shyness.html
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Shyness is learned. Explore and cover up on what makes u feel shy.
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To find the source of the problem. Ask yourself why you are shy. Are you shy because you worry what they will think of you. Or are you shy because you do not know what to say. There can be a lot of things that make you shy. Figure out what it is for you and think what is actually threatening about that situation that makes you shy. At some point you will be able to push yourself a little further, step by step, and will learn to control the thoughts or feelings the shyness cause. You can do it, I got over it too :)
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