how to overcome shyness?

Remember that you are talking with humans (only) noone from them is perfect and all of them make mistakes and have weaknesses with which they don't feel good just like you don't feel good with your shyness. They have issues with which they must fight too. If I remember this little thing it's quite easier for me to surpass my shyness. Remember too that you have only one live and it's 1000 times better to regret something you've done than to regret something that you've didn't done at all. Good luck!

You can overcome shyness by continuous had work. You might be self concious always. Such people always feel shyness and can not mingle with others. First of all you have to take concrete decision that you are going to overcome shyness, and conciously try to mingle with others. Be a part of your friends gatherings and try to talk to each of them. At first you talk more to those with whom you feel more comfortable then try to converse with others who are not so comfortable with. Believe in you and think that you have the same qualities others have and others are also just like you. You ask others about them selves, understand what they says and remember what they had said. Show interest in what they are speaking and ask questions related to the topic. This will make you involve in the conversation and others will also think that you are the right to person to talk to. Another thing is that you should not compare yourself with others. Be yourself and never think that others have much more skills and good qualitites. This might be correct but this should not affect your life. Leave your anxiety behind. You should have self confidence. Believe in you and you can overcome shyness.

Posting her is fun. I am sure you will get the hang of posting if you stay for awhile. Just be yourself. Other people appreciate that. I am sure you will do well. Be well. Have a blessed day.

Overcoming shyness is not that easy, especially it you use to it. But the first person that can help you is yourself. You need to build the confidence to yourself. Try to discover your strong point and enchance it. Second is the help of people around you. Share them your weaknesses and ask them to help you to overcome it.

Sweety, being shy is okey but in most times and situations you need to overcome it. In order for you to do that you must be determined to overcome shyness. If you don't have the confidence to befriend someone for instance, give them a smile, just be natural, ask their names and know their interest, listen and respond to conversations. Joining some organizations would be helpful too, if your a student, find some clubs in your school that you find you're interested in. Life is good, make the most of it ! Enjoy :D

I've had this problem as well. I think a lot of it comes from the fear of being misunderstood. Shyness, I think, is just an elevated defensiveness created from previous exterior hostilities. Sometimes I think that this defensiveness makes us seemingly hostile to people and cause them to retreat. I think the best suggestion for this is to surround yourself with supportive people you trust and avoid the negative people. If you create a sanctuary for yourself in these people and also in hobbies which you enjoy doing, you may recuperate and gain enough strength/self-esteem to take on everybody else and overcome your shyness entirely. Everybody needs somewhere and someone to go to when they're weak...and nobody is always strong. I hope you found this to be meaningful and helpful.

i am a shy person, too. and i don't mingle a lot. what i do is i always try to smile at people and i usually get smiles back from them. in that way, people won't think of me as a snob. when they talk to me, i always try to listen. i don't need to talk all the time. people want someone to listen to them. and if i have some important point to say, i say it. when in parties, i try to sit in the middle. in that way, i won't feel out of place and that i can hear all stories from left to right. it works, too. most importantly, help yorself build self confidence. doesn't mean that you should take away your shyness. it's nice to be shy but be confident always. anne

I like the girl to be shy, not always but sometime, it it nice feature, but as you know every thing if increase and become annoying then it is bad. you can overcome this by be more honest and try communicate with people more, read books about communication skills this is very helpful.

The way to get and keep people interested in you and a way to over come your shyness is to ask a lot of interesting questions as well as be a good listener. Listen to some one for a while until you have a question form in your mind, for example if a friend were discussing a vacation, you might ask what the place is famous for it is showing you are interested and paying attention, let the person answer then thank them for the information as you found her discussion very interesting and informative. And all this came about because you thought of one question. You might practise with family or even by your self listen to people talking on TV and think of questions you might ask, keep the questions short and on subject, soon people will be talking to you because they have discovered the real you an interested considerate person. Go and enjoy your self only one little question NO stress there

I wish I could help you, but I have the same problem! I'm very shy and hesitant to initiate conversation. But if other people approach me I do okay.

I am actually that type that are really shy too and I am like this since I can remember anything at all. But I am trying to overcome it now and I am doing many things different then before. Some friends that I have not meet for a long time notice too that I have changed alot and think it's easier to talk with me now. I cant even make jokes with people before, but I do it all the time now. Although I do take some of the things serious sometimes, and I will let them know.