Hi, Thanks for your post. I definitely also struggle with what you describe here. I just started a new job, and it seems like I spend a lot of my mental energy...
squeakyvenus42
squeakyvenus42@...
Mar 7, 2002 4:10 am
39
Hi everyone, I'm new to this group and am also glad to have found it, as well as the Shyness Clinic web site and materials. Infp, I wonder if you could tell...
Annette _
laprofessore@...
Mar 8, 2002 3:28 am
40
Squeakyvenus42, Thank you for writing. I can relate with a lot of what you wrote in your message. I especially agree that the more I feel I should be talking...
Annette, Thank you for your advice. One reason I am sensitive to this issue is because I am at a new job and I feel unsure of myself, but I know this should...
Hi, I, too, am one of those that is experiencing difficulty chatting with coworkers. I have started to move past the 'new' employee phase; I've now been in my...
Hi everyone, I really need some help because it feels like I'm going nowhere fast. I find that I have a lot of trouble making friends. This is especially...
Hi Steve! I have the same situation with ya, quite hard to get lots friends. I have some good friends in my new uni. I've figured it out that i dont smile...
Itz-Itz
biru@...
Mar 14, 2002 3:33 am
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Hi every1! I'm new here. My name's Heather and I'm 15 years old. I'm very shy and am trying to change. If anyone has any tips for starters, I'd appreciate it....
Hi Heather, Welcome to the group. How are you? I'm Ian and I understand being shy, I find it hard to talk to anyone confrontational. Do you know what I mean?...
Thanks, that helped. It's nice finding someone shy like me. It's really hard because it seems like everyone is having a better time in school and other places...
Hi Heather, I know what it's like to be shy too. I wish I was brave enough to admit it and make changes when I was in high school too, but I'm still young and...
Greetings! I am a writer for "Parents" magazine and have recently written a feature on shyness in young children for an upcoming issue, but my editor would...
allisonhersh
allisonhersh@...
Mar 31, 2002 8:58 pm
52
Just a heads up that Yahoo has added some "marketing categories" and defaulted people to receive notifications from Yahoo in these categories, even if they had...
hello everyone! I am extremely shy and introverted and need some help overcoming this. That is why i joined this group. perhaps i can find some answers and...
I've been trying out this thing called Live Journal, and I think it might be useful for some people who want to make new friends. Basically you keep a journal...
Hi, I'm new here. My name is Steve. I'm a shy undergrad with a tendency to bury myself in school work. I have all kinds of social phobias, but I think a lot of...
... On this, I need clarity. ... Steven, I have suffered similar symptoms. My self-esteem, confidence and concept sustained major enemy fire during my youth....
Hi! It's nice to have someone new here. I've been a member for a couple of weeks now. It's very helpful. I'm a very shy 15 yr. old female. My name's Heather. I...
First, yes I'm new here. Been sort of shy all my life. Now I'm 33 going on 34 and in a real bind. I'm in therapy for a few reasons, but most it seems to stem...
I am in pretty much that same bind. One exception is that I don't so much enjoy my solitary activities, but I don't mind them. I like going out but I don't...
... I have faced similar issues. I basically asked myself what other activities I do or May enjoy that put me in more social encounters. My ... It may be time...
Jon I've certainly had similar experiences to you, but what I've found is, although I enjoy solitary activities, I don't enjoy the solitary lifestyle. If I sit...
Therapy may seem weird at first, if you're not used to it, but it's a very safe environment to be talking about your feelings in - Therapists tend to be very...
Comments to Jon, Talyn and others: For many years I had just the situation Jon described: spending most of my time in solitary activity and wondering if that...
... so much ... out but I ... get ... anything ... never ... problems. ... I`m like ... when I ... been ... list will be ... it like? ... of ... feelings or ...
My mom got this book from the library. It's relly good. It's called The Ulimate Personality Guide by Jennifer Freed and Debra Birnbaum. It has a lot of ways to...
aircwybebe
aircwybebe@...
May 6, 2002 10:13 pm
67
ok here is my issue i am 19 and suspose to be at the peak of life here but i am over weight.. i have man boob and a gut that no matter what will not go away.....
maddrapper0690
maddrapper0690@...
May 7, 2002 6:27 am
69
My greatest emphathy to you. In my situation I have made numerous efforts to communicate with them but of no avail. Soem coworkers and bosses are outright...
My greatest emphathy to you. In my situation I have made numerous efforts to communicate with them but of no avail. Soem coworkers and bosses are outright...
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