Do you have trouble speaking your mind?

hey niks...why are we in the same predicament?...oh well, i guess the reasons why i find it hard to express myself are same as yours...FEAR of criticisms...you know we hate being criticized!! especially being rejected!! i guess, i have to change this attitude of mine...i should be brave enough to face my fears..to face rejections...anyway as if it would be my first time to be humiliated...Hmmm...from this day forward, i'm gonna earn confidence!!! i'll start by always reciting in class...yehey...go michelle!!

My dilemma is even worse than yours because I'm not only afraid to talk in front of a lot of people. I'm also having a hard time of saying even a "hi" or a "hello" whenever I pass a friend or an acquaintance. I'm not sure what my real reason is but I guess I have this fear that the person that I will greet will not greet me back. This happened to me a lot of times and its very embarassing. And my problem even grow bigger after I joined an organization in our college. I always see the members of the organizations everyday (since we're in the same college) and since I'm acquainted to them, I think that I should greet them whenever I see them but there are really times that I just pass and ignore them as if I didn't see them. Because of this, I think that they're thinking that I'm a snob. But the truth is I really want to greet them. It's just that I have no confidence to say hi. And like what I said earlier, I'm afraid that they will not greet me back. But there's an exception for this behavior because I never fail to greet a close friend.

no i have not this kind of problem

I can realte to you. In school, I'm surrounded with all sorts of people who seem to have no trouble speaking their minds. I admire them a lot. I think that in order to be better communicators, we must practice and practice and practice. Also, we must build self-confidence. We should also master the art of deceiving people by using such high-fallutin words. the thessaurus is a very helpful tool. For instance, you're in a meeting and you totally have no idea of what the meeting is all about but you need to make your presence be felt, and so you say all these things that sound really nice but means nothing at all and all the people would be in awe when they hear you speak. You know what i mean.