How to Stop Being Shy (Communicate with Confidence)

Are you someone who identifies with being "shy"? 🤭Do you feel nervous when talking to others, telling yourself that you simply just "don't know what to say...?" Share your story below and tell me how you've overcame it or if you haven't yet, what tips you will be using to do so!

I feel too shy to speak infront of people. But when i was alone i feel confident to speck out.

I think being shy sometimes can be lack of confidence, or worried about what people think of you

03:41 - Adopt a curious mindset. 04:50 - Elaborate on your responses. 05:15 - Have story to share. 06:10 - Be present and listen intently.

I’m shy, like EXTREMELY shy. Talking and socializing is the last thing on my list, people say I’m nice, quiet, and gentle all the time. Here’s something to never say to some one shy “Why don’t you ever talk” “wow you actually said something” those things make me not want to talk anymore. I have all those worries all the time. When someone I’m not close to comes up to me and talks to me, I freeze, I just say “yeah”, or just nod or laugh. The thought that comes to my head is “I bet they don’t like me because I’m shy” and now I know it is because I don’t talk to them. Being shy actually sucks edit: hi! i commented this 1 year ago, and i remember that i commented this because i felt like i wasn’t doing enough with my social skills. i wasn’t good at making friends, talking and standing up myself. i still am struggling with all of those things, but i still found a way to except myself with it and even thought it sucks and i hate myself for it, know it’ll get better:)

I don't speak to others because I feel like they'll quickly start judging me. And this starts a chain reaction in my mind and there comes negativity and awkwardness.

I am shy but I am talkative. You know that feeling?

I've been shy literally all my life. When I turned 13 I started forcing myself into social events without thinking twice, giving my name to literally everything that I have to socialize with other people. I even volunteered to work in a booth at school (It was like a celebration for something) and that forced me to talk to strangers and that decently made me more comfortable with speaking with other people. I started becoming less shy and I talk almost everyone without being shy. I'm 15 now and I still l lack confidence. I can speak with people but I look uncomfortable and get anxious sometimes. It gets awkward. I hope I'll become more confident with myself.

I think shyness is a habit, so we have to break it by practicing. 🙂

Finally, people in the comments down below who understand me. Can we all just make a club and become friends?

I agree too much self-consciousness can really affect our way of dealing with others.

I am such a shy person, I can’t talk in public and I don’t like that. I want to be confident in addressing people or presenting anything at all.

I used to be shy and i think it’s just that I’m focusing on myself, I think I’m clumsy and it always breaks when I want to express myself. I'm often afraid of being off topic

Wow. This is so true. I used to be shy. Like my whole life...like for 30+ years. When I realized that I was shy because I was self focused, I just started interacting more with people based on the premise that everyone likes me and I started talking to people from a space of being interested in them and genuinely curious about them and no longer worrying about how I appear to them. After years of practice, I’m wayyyy less shy! Now, I’m just my natural normal weird self. 😂😉

My shyness started when I was 8 Bc when I was gonna preset in front of class I stuttered and everyone started laughing at me I almost cried in tears, and I continued my presentation. When I came home my thoughts keep saying that I should stop talking , but I'm very talkative to my close friends and family I'm trying my best to get rid my shyness 🤗. Take care y'all ♥

Tip #5: Accept Yourself

In my experience there's 2 phases to overcoming shyness. The first is the obvious one, putting yourself in more social situations (which makes you more comfortable/confident in them). But for some people, we'll start to put on a persona and become too agreeable even when we don't want to be, and hold back our true thoughts or opinions. The 2nd phase is forcing yourself to just speak what's on your mind. That second phase is important for true freedom, and speaking authentically what you truly want to.

Usually, there's a person in the comment section summarizing the video and getting tons of likes. let's see if that works!! a brief summary of the video; 4 tips to stop being shy: 1. Adopt a curious mindset (shift your attention from yourself to your partner) 2. Elaborate on your responses to your partner (explain more; not just one word) 3. Have a story to share (especially a hilarious one would do the trick) 4. Be present and listen intently (Listen to what your partner is saying and stop being out of the picture) Hope you guys enjoy! :D

Some of us are anxious in social situations simply because we are naturally born that way. We are not necessarily focused on ourselves.

You’ll grow out of it they said...