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Dealing with Shyness

Links and information to help you overcome your shyness.
How to Overcome Shyness
A simple checklist to help you get over shyness. From About.com.
How to Fake Confidence (When Your Scared Stiff)
A simple list of steps to keep you looking calm and collected even when you are scerad inside.
I'm A Loser Baby!
I admit it, I was a loser in Jr. High. Find out how I over came my "Loser" rep, and what you can do to change your image in the new school year.
Name Calling & Labeling
What to do when the name calling starts getting on your nerves. Learn HEALTHY ways to cope with attacks using these types of "social weapons".
Shyness Newsgroup FAQ Page
The FAQ page for the Shyness Newsgroup complete with information on shyness and local support groups contact lists.
Shyness Newsgroup
A newsgroup for shyness support.
How to get a Date - for Shy People
Some information and words of encouragemnet for shy people looking for love.
ShyKids.com
For kids and teens struggling with shyness, lots of information and support with strategies to build confidence and defeat shyness.
Putting Shyness in the Spotlight
From KidsHealth.org. A look at shyness in kids and teens with lots of helpful hints to help you overcome it.
Shyness, Ages 12 - 16
a Q&A site written for parents butthe information on it may be helpful to kids suffering from shyness. From Building Better Health.
Teens can be happy with quiet social life!
From the Seattle Times. An article about how having a "quiet social life" does not mean and unhappy teen life. Shyness devillified.
Social Interaction and Technology Shyness Study
Are you more outgoing on the internet than you are in real life? Take part in this survey and help researchers understand why. Totally anonymous, no identifying information collected.
The Henderson/Zimbardo Shyness Questionnaire
Contribute your voice, anonymously, to this study on shyness by answering a questionnaire. Results will be used to develoe treatments for chronic and debilitating shyness.
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