Woah, what happened to me?

It's really weird. I used to be REALLYREALLYREALLY shy last year. Like, I wouldn't talk to ANYONE. Right after the summer of 2006, I came to school and became a social butterfly! The only thing I recall doing that summer was reading about ways to overcome shyness, but I never actually did any of these things that would help overcome shyness. I remember feeling really bad about myself and how shy I was, so I would go online, and read about how you should not care what others think and stuff, but I thought I needed a therapist to fully overcome shyness. Guess not! I actually didn't do ANYTHING, except read articles on shyness. And then I magically overcame it. Is this normal? Does this happen to people?

Answer:
You spent the summer gaining knowledge. It happened to be about shyness. It could have been about chemistry, rocketry, frog anatomy or any other subject. There is a saying, "Knowledge is power". By learning about shyness you gained the power to overcome it.

It isn't really magic. Visualization is probably what you were doing. Granted it may have been subconscious but it was happening.

I read a story about a Vietnam Pow. He was an avid golfer but loving to do something and being good at it are not the same thing. In short he was a terrible player shooting 50 over par on a regular basis.

While he was being held he visualized the course he normally played. He would tee off on the first hole and visualize every shot until he finished the 18Th hole. When he returned to the US his first round on that course was 3 over par. A lot of pros would be happy with that.

I have heard of basketball players doing the same thing to improve free throws as well as other sport figures doing it.

So my bet is you were visualizing yourself as an outgoing person with no trace of shyness. You were wishing for it, practicing it and when the time came you simply did it.

Congratulations. YOU did it, not someone else and it was not magic, you did it.

Maybe your body was shy because you felt negative about yourself,when you feel postive,you're mostly not caring about other people's thoughts.

Not thinking about what other people think is a good why to prevent shyness.

it's all in your head,literally,you read things about overcoming it and made the decision in your own mind,congrats

Sometimes you just grow out of it. I used to be really shy with no friends and now I have a whole social life! As you mature, you change. Sometime change is good!

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