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- Hello! I am new to the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Community because I didn't even know there was one until today!...so, I am branching out.I am a 41 year old survivor of 17 years of child abuse. I endured starvation, beatings, verbal...
- Hello, my friends and fellow shylings! Do you know of any quotations, affirmations, or other short statements that contain the word "smile"? If you do, I beg you to share them. Here are a few I've taken from memory."A smile is a curve that sets...
- What if......you could be anything you wanted to be? Would you be shy or gregarious? Would you stay as you are or reach for something else?...you could live without many limitations? Would you just be the greatest human being imaginable?...you could...
- Has anyone else in the shyness community had the following problem: You go to the discussion postings and want to add your reply, but when you click on the green "add your reply" button, the button disappears and no dialogue box appears, so the only...
- Hi, y'all! Do you know that many of the people in media entertainment have describes themselves as painfully shy? The late Johnny Carson and Captain Kangeroo (I forget his real name, but he was the guy who talked to a hand-puppet rabbit and a...
- Hi there, everybody. I have a problem. When I try to participate in discussions, I click or double click on the "Add Your Reply" button, but nothing happens or the botton disappears. This leaves me with only the option of sending a message directly...
- Hello, all of my shy friends! How many of you have noticed this curious phenomenom: Go someplace by yourself, and you may feel nervous, self-conscious, shy, maybe a little or a lot fearful. Yet when you go someplace in the company of another person,...
- It's a crime not to...I recently heard someone say that if you have a lovely voice, it's a crime not to sing, if you know something that would help someone, it's a crime not to tell, if you know a good joke, see someone having difficulty, have an...
- Following along in the lines of my discussion posting "Talk, Talk, Talk!" I would like to know if anyone has a humorous joke to share - in good taste. I have a simple guide for myself when it comes to telling jokes: I never tell a joke to anyone of...
- Because "interpersonal communication," or talking is a challenge for many shy people, I propose the following: in this online "shy community," we can and should communicate about whatever's on our minds, whether it is related to shyness or not, just...
- Has anyone tried this questions exercise? Write down ten questions you don't know the answer to, questions that have been haunting you for a while, perhaps questions you wanted to ask as a child but never did, or even questions you think you dare...
- Thankgiving Holiday 2007 is Thursday, November 22. I hope each of you will accept invitations to be with others, or invite yourself if you can. Being in the company of others means everything in this life. For those of you like myself who will be...
- I will use the term monster instead of abuser in this posting - please forgive me if the word seems too strong. My parents were both monsters, but because my father was largely absent in my life, my mother was the main monster. She did something to...
- Thanksgiving 2007 is Thursday, November 22. I just wanted to wish everyone a happy holiday - if you'll be spending it alone, please hang in there, you can make it through. Maybe you could just go out for a walk or a couple of walks to avoid being...
- Some say that shyness is hereditary/genetic. Let's suppose for a moment that shyness is instead a conditioned response caused by environmental factors. Shyness could be the result of improper parenting, trauma, isolation, abuse, or being different....