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Tanuki

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7. Please don't beat yourself up!

Reply to Locut0s (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2013, 07:14 PM

Sep 2013

Social anxiety is very common, and although berating yourself over it won't help, you can definitely learn some strategies to feel more comfortable and assertive. Your campus counseling center will almost certainly have someone who can help you with this. Learn a little more about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_anxiety

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I SO wish I could let loose!... [View all] Locut0s Sep 2013 OP

..... steve2470 Sep 2013 #1

Fake it till you make it? Frosty1 Sep 2013 #2

pick something super super small..... steve2470 Sep 2013 #3

My dear Locut0s! CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #4

Have a listen TrogL Sep 2013 #5

You've come a long way this year ... In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #6

Please don't beat yourself up! Tanuki Sep 2013 #7

you can't plan spontaneity. Sort of an oxymoron there. Like Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2013 #8

Best advice: don't try to be someone you're not. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #9

That used to be me Generic Brad Sep 2013 #10

Use that. Gidney N Cloyd Sep 2013 #11