There was a boy who suffered extreme
shyness. In his 9 when he transferred to a new school, he refused to speak to
his classmates for half of the semester. And even after he had been chatted
with his friends, he would reflect with what he should say or do the next time.
Moreover, whenever he needed to call someone else, he would take more than
10minutes to speculate every case that might happen before dialing the number. Actually,
that boy was me. After ten year I am hardly under the condition of considerable
agitation. Though I am still not a gregarious person, I have had the courage to
attend a drama which displayed in front of 1600 people.
In reality, my improvement was due to my
mother’s endeavor. Among all of her efforts, there is one therapy which I
called watch program had the most salient effect. Watch program, like its
literal meaning, has to do with time. Although I called it a program, the
procedure is very simple. Just to ask a stranger what time is it. It may sound
odd to you. What’s the big deal of asking such an easy question? But to a child
who dared not to speak to his classmate, talking to a stranger initially can be
defined as a feat of great daring. I hadn’t thought through how she had come
out this method. Maybe her previous goal was merely getting to know what time
it was. Gradually she thought this may rid me of fear, so it became practice
whenever I went out with her.
Of course the first time is tough; the fear
of being embarrassed paralyzed me. There are so many people on the bus. Who
should I ask? What should I ask first? And what if he or she did not bring his
or her watch? Would I bother him or her? The uncertainty of what would happen
and the predisposition of thinking the bad side had occupied my mind. Nevertheless,
finally I accomplished the task. Because my mother promised that she would buy
me a bottle of soft drink if I ask the question. The reason may sound
ridiculous and you might think that I am a person that easy to be bribe.
Sometimes I found myself irrational. So,
I always remind myself that the fear is unreasonable for shyness is only worth
a bottle of soft drink. Then my discomfort would soon subside.
It's hard for me to believe that you have acted in frount of 1600 people after learning about the tough time you have gone thtough at a young age due to your shyness, but I do think you are a talented actor or at least you are good at acting a captain!
ReplyDeleteI think you are brave to acted in front of 1600 people after beating yourself.
ReplyDeleteaaa~~~I can even not imagine being in front of 1600 people!!In my opionion,most teenagers have a period time of being shy,including me.But it's good to see you have tried to overcome it.Actually,is being shy a shortcoming?I can just say maybe~~~
ReplyDeleteyou have sung a song in our group, so, i think you really want to talk to people in your heart, however, you do not speak much in the class. so, i hope you can make some change in the future
ReplyDeleteOn the contrast, I'm the person of lacking shyness. But I don't think certain shyness is something bad because one of the reasons for the shyness is the high expectation they make to themselves, which would make them struggle hard before showing to others.
ReplyDeletei don't think shyness is not a good thing. but sometimes,shyness may reduce our chance to succeed. if you want to have more friends, i think we all should be open-minded. so ,fighting ~i am sure you can be better~
ReplyDeleteApparently, you have done a good job.Everybody is shy to a certain degree,and you do take action to overcome it,which deserve everyone's respect.
ReplyDeleteAs a famous Chinese saying goes:It is easy to change rivers and mountains But hard to change a person's nature. Sometimes shyness may not be a bad thing. Just be yourself!!!Try to be more confident~~
ReplyDeletePlease remember forever:you are indeed such a outstanding and warm hearted young man that you could never be looked down on by anyone.Don't be afraid of anything outside your own world.The people treating you in an ignorant way is somebody stupid and egoistic.Thus you don't need to care about them at all.Actually I was even shyer than you when I was very very young,and it do left some impact on me till today.However,we shouldn't care too much about the outside world,as the world and the people inside it will never care that much about us.
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