Do you consider yourself to be shy?

WOW! Good question. I am bold no matter where I go. I can go to a club and just talk to anyone. I can go to friends' houses with people there I don't know and just have a blast. I cannot, however, go with someone to a strange place. For example, I have a dear friend that I have known for many years and when he takes me places that are unknown to me, I freak out. I don't know these people and I am supposed to be "Rose" around them. Most of my friends take me as I am, I don't know how to react to people that don't know me!

I love talking to people and I doont think that I am shy. However when I was young , then yes, I was shy. I grew out of that. I am glad that I did. I am very interested in people and what they think and what they do, and it lead me out of the shyness...

I am shy at times. When I am among friends, where I am comfortable, I tend to be outgoing. There are some situations that I find myself quite shy.

I can be very shy or very outgoing, and it all depends on my mood or the situation I'm in. If I'm put in a leadership role, I have no problem taking charge and being assertive. But when in a participants role, I tend to play more shy, and let others take the lead.

As a child I was very shy and awkward - I had close friends but was quiet and studious and consequently wasn't that popular with the 'cool kids'. I wasn't bullied or anything but got my fair share of teasing for this reason and that. It made me very self-conscious and I had very little confidence. Then when I was 18 I met my now-husband and the love and attention he showed me gave me loads of self-esteem. I went off to uni and although I wasn't a social butterfly out drinking every night, I did make friends and got on with all the different people on my course. I'm 28 now and have improved a lot - I used to quake with fear at the thought of doing a presentation or speaking in front of a group, but now I find that with a bit of preparation and deep breathing I can get through most things like that. I don't really enjoy making small talk with strangers either, but I find I can force myself to be confident if I try. I'm a big fan of The Secret by Rhonda Byrne and I do believe that if you truly expect something then it will happen. I'm working on making myself believe that I am a confident and sociable person and I think it's working... ;o) Best wishes, Teedyboo :o)

i consider myself to be extremely shy...i am a quiet person and it takes sometime for me to totally be comfortable with new acquaintances. sometimes people think of me as snobbish. i am pretty friendly and approachable, but i really am just shy...i dont understand why...

People take me for an outgoing person because I successfully portray myself as one. But deep down I know and those who are close to me, they know that I am a shy person. I behave differently because I don't want others to know about my week qualities. lol.

i don't guess i've run up on that situation yet, heidi. lol if i do i'll let u know. have a good one.

I've always been an introvert. I don't really seek social situations, and I always have to have at least a little while each day where I can be by myself. But as for shyness - It really depends on the situation. Get me around the right people (and it just doesn't have to be people that I know well) and I can talk too much. But around other people you're lucky to get three words out of me (and I'm afraid I come off as a grunting fool to those types of people.) The amount of authority they hold has something to do with it - but there's also a million other little things (that I can't really explain) that come into play in deciding whether I'm completely open or utterly shy (or somewhere in between) around a person. I never do well with small talk - but even if the "conversation" with someone in the group that tends to make me shy turns toward something I care about - like movies (I'm a cinephile) or certain political issues or Bob Dylan or travel (etc.) - I still have a hard time thinking of anything to say. Anyways - I know I do worry far too much about what people think of me. And I always think of things to say minutes or hours (or days) after a conversation is ended. I'm horrible at small talk, and almost always remain awkwardly silent around certain people. So yeah, I probably would consider myself shy. Though it really depends on who is trying to strike up a conversation.

Hello rocketj1 I am very out going but there are certain situations that I am shy, like I would never ask a man out on a date and I get a bit shy around men in general unless I am drunk of course and then they had better watch out! Just kidding!

Mostly I am not shy, there are situations when I feel uncomfort, but generally no I would say I am not shy.

I was born shy or conditiopned to be shy. I'm not sure which! all my life I was shy and being a teacher this was very difficult for me. (By the way, all my typos is not becasue of my lack of grammer or spelling - it is because my fingers are stiffening up with a little arthritus!) Anyway, to take devotion for the whole school was an ordeal. Then a very strange thing happend. I did a religious course called "Life in the Spirit' and at the end of this 6 month course I was prayed over for the release of my gifts of the spirit. Gues what? One of the gifts was treaching. I now read regularly at Church and am now considered to be an excellent speaker who can speak so eloquently at the drop of a hat on any occasion. Of course, I know that this gift is from God and not from me. My husnabnd used to ask where was the shy girl that he married.LOL. Who's shy? Not me, not anymore

am i shy??? i guess, or maybe i'll use the word quiet person rather than shy... whenever im in a crowd, i just love to listen to my friends to whatever topic we discussed. :)

No, I'm very outspoken and confident person. I was never shy even when I was young. During family gathering, my aunties and uncles would tell me to dance, I would immediately go to their center and start dancing like a cute macarena girl. As a grew up, I still have the traits to be very outgoing and straight forward. I also need it in my job as well. We termed ourselves having THICK faces. heheh.. ^^,

I was a very shy person when I was still schooling. I found it hard to deal and mingle with people. I remembered when I was in kindergarten, I would never go to the board for the board work without my mother with me. When I was in high school, I was always afraid to recite or talk in front of my classmates, but I can when I am in a group. Thanks to my PE teacher because she included me in the dance group that I was able to gain a little confidence. Until now, I still have this shyness in me, but I try to fight it.

Yes I see myself as shy and I feel this has also affected my career since I am not too outgoing I miss out on a lot of great opportunity.

I used to be shy when I was younger, but I am not now, nor have I been for quite a few years.. I belive with age comes a certain sense of who you are and you learn to like yourself and it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of you.. That is the way that I am now, I like myself and I don't really care if anyone else does or not, I am me and only me, I never try to act as if I am any different that what anyone sees.. But again, I was so shy when I was younger, I do remember hiding behind my mothers dress tails..

Nope! I don't think I am no. I used to have a bit of shyness when I was younger but I have completely overcome the feeling of shyness ever since I become a Christian. For as long as I am walking uprightly with God and not doing anything wrong I need not be shy. I think God has given me enough self confidence so I am so thankful to him.

Hi rocketj1! I will feel shy when someone praise me..What about you, rocketj1?

yeah ofcourse i am very shy person and eventhough i am a boy i feel shy whenever i see any outside girls..!! Please dont imagine that i am a kinda person who runs away seeing other girls,definately not but,i feel shy to talk with them freely and to share my thoughts and views..!! I need some time to mingle..!!1