What is Shyness

Shyness is a feeling of insecurity that certain people experience while being among others, talking with others, asking favors of others, etc.

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I've Lost Myself.
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I used to be real outgoing as a kid, and then one day it stopped...
Now, years later... I've lost myself in my shyness. I don't really know I think, or enjoy because I stopped doing anything I enjoy for fear of people seeing me... I can't figure out why but I feel like a stranger to myself, which is worse than being on a stage with thousands of people just staring at me...

Just needed to get that out...
Posted on 12/07/07, 01:12 am
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Reply #1 - 12/07/07  12:54pm
" I HEAR YOU I FEEL THE SAME WAY! MAYBE ITS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED TO US AS A KID.EVEN A LITTLE THING THAT MADE US BE THE WAY WE ARE BEING? I DONT KNOW BUT I HOPE WE FIND OUT HUH...LOL HUGS AND GREAT WISHES! "
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Reply #2 - 12/07/07  11:45pm
" This may sound weird but when I was little I was still shy, but sometimes I would try to step outside my boundries and my Aunts would laugh at me! and say things like "oh yes" (hispanic thing sorry) when I would do something, I know they didnt mean any harm and ilove them both dearly but It still sticks in my mind! LOL also I have had a skin disorder called eczema all my life so that had made me very self conscious and shy. Just thought I would share that about my Aunts though "
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Reply #3 - 12/08/07  8:40pm
" You feel like a stranger to yourself? If that's true, maybe you should consider some self-analysis and really looking at why you do/say the things you do. I think it would be rather hard to get to know people when you don't even know yourself. "
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Reply #4 - 12/08/07  11:38pm
" I'M NEW TO THIS SITE AND NOT SHY, BUT WAS TOLD TO READ SOMETING HERE ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP CLUB, NOW I SEE YA'LL LIVE IN ANOTHER WORLD FROM MINE, I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS WAS SO PROMINATE IN THE WORLD, I TOO HAVE HAD VERY BAD THINGS HAPPEN TO ME IN MY YOUTH BUT I MUST HAVE HANDLEED IT DIFFERENTLY. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING THAT I DO THAT MIGHT HELP IF YOU DON'T ALREADY DO IT..... I JOURNAL, IN MY OWN PRIVATE WORLD, IT HELPS ME PUT IT ALL DOWN ON PAPER AND TO SEE IT IN INK. IF THERE IS ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO TO HELP IN ANYWAY. I'M FROM THE PLEASE LET ME. IM FROM THE FIBRO SITE. I HAVE A DISEASE THAT THEY CANNOT DX NOR CURE, SO I STAY IN PAIN ALL THE TIME.....LOVE.....EHLEN "
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