Hi everyone. I joined this forum to help overcome my shyness. I've been shy for as long as I can remember and it has always been a problem. I can't give...
Ashley, I am an amateur photographer and suffer from shyness, so I know well how it can hold you back. My advice is to learn your craft well enough so that...
Thanks so much for replying to my message. I'm kinda freakin out right now because I have this assignment for school where I have to photograph a professional...
$100 just to photgraph someone? that sounds harsh :( I just ordered a used Canon camera online (A80). should be in by the end of the week. : ) i haven't...
Hi Ashley, If you go to the "self-help" section of your bookstore, there will be many good books. I have "Conquering Shyness" by Jonathan Cheek. There is...
Lisa Tate
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Jun 11, 2006 6:04 am
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Hello fellow Shy people. I have a clinical coming up next Wed. It is an OB rotation. I can't imagine doing a female private part examination in the prsence of...
I used to teach in a medical school, though I taught study skills and not medicine. I don't know if anyone on this list, even me, knows enough about how to...
There is very good advice about speechmaking on www.toastmasters.org, the very supportive group that helps people learn public speaking, including 10 Tips for...
Just wondering if anyone has made any progress yet? I have, I had to read a story infront of my english class and I didn't freak out. I was very proud of...
I feel that I have been making progress in dealing with people lately. Often times I find that I tend to give my point of view, or give advice, as apposed to...
Sam Rau
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Jun 28, 2006 3:01 pm
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Congrats! Baby steps. As for me... not so good :( No progress . ticking me off. I have no problem being in front of people. It's just saying anything at...
Thanks. It's nice to be back. :-) I thought that perhaps I had been a bit annoying with my advice? ... From: Will To: SocialFitnessForum@yahoogroups.com ...
Sam Rau
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Jun 29, 2006 7:30 pm
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unfortunately the problem I'm confronting isn't shyness, or my unwillingness or inability to face people, but their insistent determination not to accept me in...
I'm kind of curious about this message. It sounds as if you're experience has been that people are unwilling to accept you dispite all your efforts, yet you...
Sam Rau
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Jul 2, 2006 4:39 am
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Well, since the world won't change and the world is, presumably, accepting other people, it must be something about you. And it can't be something about your...
that's a very simplistic and callous attitude, but even if it's true the simple fact is if I have to sacrifice myself to be accepted it's just not worth it to...
Bob thank you so much. I also had Allan's problem but didn't know how to make people accept me. One thing i found out is that I really don't care to know what ...
exactly. There is no reason. Which is the dilemma. If there was something wrong with me I could fix it, but since there isn't there seems no solution, or if...
It sounds, from this message, that you are perhaps unaccepting of others, and further still that you may be unaccepting of the fact that people may be willing...
Sam Rau
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Jul 2, 2006 10:57 pm
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I suppose that my major problem is that I used to be able to "play the game" and fit in with people, but over time I find it harder and harder to do it. This...
Sam Rau
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Jul 2, 2006 11:14 pm
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I can understand your bitterness -- sometimes life just doesn't seem fair. But I think people take this "just be yourself" stuff too far. It's a disease. In...
damned if I know. Personally I think I'm pretty wonderful, and I'd do anything for my friends when I'm allowed to have them. Sam Rau <sam.rau@...> wrote:...
near as I can figure other people don't want my acceptance. i had friends I went and did things with in college, but since then I've only known people at work....
Hmmm, I'd say we have some similarities, except I'm more optimistic. But I'm not as articulate as you in writing about my background. I don't think I'll be...
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