But you couldn’t be more wrong.

The key to overcoming shyness is to firstly accept who you are as a person. Once you’re content with yourself you can start taking baby steps into interacting more with others. Whether it’s simply smiling at one or two more people a day or even just saying hello to someone in the street you will gradually begin to emerge from your caccoon.

The worst thing you can do is to wait for someone else to start a conversation every time. Remember they are more than likely poor at conversation too. Essentially we all feel the same inside with varying levels of insecurities and different ways of dealing with them.

If you continue to spark interaction with your peers then you’ll gain momentum and step by step it will get better. You’ll have bad days too where you think that it’s all a waste of time, but trust me it is not!

Please just don’t judge someone because they can’t interact as well as you think they should be able to. It’s not that they are rude, they just don’t know what the hell to say most of the time.

Everyone feels that way sometimes. It’s just the shy feel it a hell of a lot more often.

If we make you feel uneasy then maybe it’s time you investigated the reasons why we make you feel that way instead of whipping up hatred for absolutely no reason.

I am not a rude person, I just don’t know what to say to people at the best of times. I’m of the opinion that if I have nothing worthwhile to say, then I won’t say it all. I certainly won’t be directly rude towards a person as I know how much that can hurt people deep inside.

I stand by my shyness. I can’t help who I am and I’m not prepared to change for anyone, lest not someone who is not even willing to try to understand.

Whenever I hear this my stomach sinks and I realize that I’ve become a phony just like everyone else. The shame will then stop me from going out for the next few months. I can justify this by telling myself that I’m much better than everyone else in society but secretly I know it’s because these people are so much better than I am.

Thankfully I’ve stopped drinking now as it’s a horrible habit and it causes more problems than it helps solve.

Even if the cubicle was thicker than the Berlin Wall, I’d still be unable to go. The worst thing is occasionally I’ll think I’ll be able to pass something into the toilet, then my heart will start racing with excitement until it subsides again and I just have this general feeling of disappointment.

Sometimes I wish I had no shame like everyone else on this messed up planet. That I could crap my brains out in the restroom without having to care what other people think.

Or maybe I’m just unable to meditate. When the CD asked me to ‘make my mind still’ thoughts raced inside my brain.

I don’t think meditation even really exists. The people who do ‘perform’ it are probably only asleep. Or fooling themselves. I’ll never be suckered into believing any of that new age crap.

People are so shallow. Why can’t they be themselves all of the time, instead of changing for other people. It’s as if these people have sold their soul just to get on with people better.

To be honest, I’m starting to think that’s what I’m gonna have to do if I want to make it past 30.  I can’t continue to be this reclusive, it’s not healthy. In fact I think I’m slowly becoming insane here.

We shouldn’t have to talk to anyone we don’t want to. That should be the golden rule in our society. We’re basically taught to be social lepers from kindergarten onwards!

So I’ve sworn never to get another job, unless it’s something solitary like working in a mortuary. Even then I’d probably be too shy to approach the dead. Christ I suck so much

As I’ve said before I’ve come to terms with my shyness. It’s who I am. Why should I try to be otherwise? Besides, other people are hell.

Whenever a teacher asked me a question, I refused to even speak up. Most of the other kids were surprised I could even talk when I was forced to in class. Fuck I hated all of that shit. I’m so glad it’s over, but it doesn’t get any easier.