(be warned, this post sounds like a voiceover for a bad advert...)

are you, or have you ever been, shy? have you done anything to combat it? do you think it's something you just grow out of, or just a part of your personality? do you think there's anything particularly wrong with being shy (leaving out any "i can't get on the bus because i'm too shy to ask for a ticket" extremities)?

well compared to the opposite, like people who do not shut the fuck up when you meet them and seem to have no awareness that everything they say is NOT fantastic, i'd say shy people are pretty great.

that being said, it seems like you leave yourself up to a lot of assumptions by being really shy. people often get mistaken for snotty, and that's probably by aforementioned dicks with their heads up their asses, but all the same... i guess what i'm saying is that i think for a lot of people, shyness has to do with not wanting to be judged, and you're going to be judged either way so you might as well put something out there.

i'm not shy as a rule, but i can definitely get intimidated and clam up. it's not a good feeling. my hairdresser brings that out in me for some reason, but like he does such a good fucking job that i can't go anywhere else.

I'm pretty shy and have some social anxieties but people probably wouldn't believe me if I told them.

I used to be painfully shy and then sort of grew out of it by age 17 but the shyness still remained. Even though I moved to the other side of the world by myself at that point and knew nobody there I was still afraid of meeting new people but it was not really that bad.

then about a year later, when I returned, it got worse again and I had bad social anxiety. like not wanting to go to uni because I felt everyone stared at me.
but now, a year later, it's gotten a lot better again and I've met many new people.
i still get shy around people I don't know that well though...like, I feel myself turning red (evne though I'm probably not really) and then my I speak pretty fast and it's sometimes a bit weird maybe.

but overall now I'm okay.
You just gotta relax and really think highly of yourself. haha. that's what I do.

are you, or have you ever been, shy?
yes, since always.

have you done anything to combat it?
sure. i tried to talk it out. i took some medication (which just made me constantly have to move my hands and get violently angry every day at 3:00 pm). i even read a self help book.

do you think it's something you just grow out of, or just a part of your personality?
being that i'm elderly i think it's safe to assume it's here to stay.

do you think there's anything particularly wrong with being shy (leaving out any "i can't get on the bus because i'm too shy to ask for a ticket" extremities)?
it's a defect. i prefer bossy types who talk incessantly. makes it easier on me. i wouldn't want to hang out with me.

are you, or have you ever been, shy?
always. i'm a quiet person, and it generally takes me some time to warm up to people/feel comfortable around them before i talk a lot.

have you done anything to combat it?
i've become more conscious about as i've grown older. i try to go out of my way sometimes to be more friendly and outgoing. (but i also don't push myself to do so if i feel really uncomfortable doing it.)

do you think it's something you just grow out of, or just a part of your personality?
in my case, i think it's a part of my personality. i've always been like this. it's just that i'm less so now.

do you think there's anything particularly wrong with being shy (leaving out any "i can't get on the bus because i'm too shy to ask for a ticket" extremities)?
no. i mean, not everyone can be an extrovert. and i think shy people are rad. they don't go on and on incessantly about nothing.