I know what you're talking about with shyness. As I mentioned, I was once the most shy person in the world.
Again, at the risk of sounding like a proselytizer, I really really recommend the Landmark Forum and the Advanced Course for anyone who wants to overcome shyness. I walked in there a shy person pretending to be outgoing, and by the end of the Advanced Course I was boldly and movingly speaking to a big audience, went to a party the next night at which I felt no party-fear at all, and basically went about the the rest of my life in an entirely new, shy-free way. I do not miss shyness, not one bit. It really held me back from enjoying my life. And now, again as I said, it's hard to remember what being shy felt like. Plus, in the advanced course, there's one afternoon during which this whole looking people in the eye thing just **disappears** forever, like Kaiser Soze. Poof.
I'm sorry to be such a landmark pusher, but I really feel if it could help someone with my huge shyness, it could help anyone.
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