help! cure for extreme shyness?

I thought that shyness falled in the catergory of Anxeity / Social Phobia or also known as S.A.D Social Anxiety Disorder. I wanna know if this disorder has to do with the ways i feel, which are= Extremely shy towards girls (jut not ugly girls. and i dont talk to ugly girls anyways) But i mean pretty girls, i have such a hardtime to even approach them. I cant interact at all. I would get some pretty girls talking to me, And i cant talk back. I take 1-2 min and try to use my brain and think what will i say? then i think i unno if i should say this or that. Or it might come out wrong, i would end up looking stupid. will feel embrassed. I get nervous/could panic when my friend would try to put me in a spotlight. infront of everyone or introduced to a girl. Iam extremely shy. I need this fix. I dont know what to do. can anyone help me ? If there is a medication, can there be a non-prescribed one that can be bought somewhere off the net? cause iam having problems with trying to set appointments and stuff with docs and stuff. its just hard. So i want to take some action, i dont wanna be shy for the rest of my life.

Shyness is a personality trait.

SAD is mental disorder.

Its only really SAD if it interfers in your life and prevents you from doing what you want to do.

ColdFury said:

Shyness is a personality trait.

SAD is mental disorder.

Its only really SAD if it interfers in your life and prevents you from doing what you want to do.

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Well i had 2 friends who were just like me, all shy and etc... till they went to the doc for Axiety and then they just were so open, they would talk to anyone. wouldnt fear shyness,nervousness or embrassedness at anything to do, say. my friend even started talking to girls yo ;\ and would keep talking so much that the conversation would keep going and be good. So ???

Shyness and social anxiety disorder

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refer to my other new thread.

http://www.socialphobiaworld.com/postt2421.html

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kyo420 said:

ColdFury said:

Shyness is a personality trait.

SAD is mental disorder.

Its only really SAD if it interfers in your life and prevents you from doing what you want to do.

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Well i had 2 friends who were just like me, all shy and etc... till they went to the doc for Axiety and then they just were so open, they would talk to anyone. wouldnt fear shyness,nervousness or embrassedness at anything to do, say. my friend even started talking to girls yo ;\ and would keep talking so much that the conversation would keep going and be good. So ???

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Please find out what the doc perscribed for them and let me know.

By the way, I think shyness and social anxiety are quite similar. I would consider shyness a normal personality trait but damaging in higher degrees. I think shyness and social anxiety could be very similar on a chemical level.