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I'm 30 this year. I feel like I used to be a much more open person. But for the last 6 or 7 years, i shut down completely socially, had a mental breakdown. And its been a very long painful path. I feel like i haven't developed as a person at all, and everything in my life, career, lack of...

I have managed to put myself in a situation where i feel comfortable. In my job, in my personal life. Unfortunately for someone as shy as me, that means i'm not being challenged, I'm not taking on more responsibility, i'm not meeting new people, and my level of maturity, as a person, is still...

warning wall of text ---------------------------------------- This issue has bothered me for a very long time. That being quiet, being accomodative, being nice, makes me very easy to push around. I didn't realise this until a few years ago in work training. The training program was filled...

Its the middle sized groups that are the most frightening. I realised i can hide in a large group of people. And 1 on 1, well at least the witnesses to my awkwardness are minimized. But middle sized.. wow. Not long ago, I tried to be brave and speak up. To my horror the table politely...

I have a huge problem with getting yelled at or even spoken to sternly. Today my boss was giving me a new assignment. I was to take responsibility of this task, and knowing my personality, my boss was very careful to make sure I understood i had to make the deadlines, and I had to push other...

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AAARRRRGH SO COOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZOzvZfVbKg&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mcvcl9i8cI&feature=related

Reading this right now: http://www.amazon.com/Chasing-Daylight-Gene-OKelly/dp/0071471723 Memoir a former ceo of accounting firm KPMG who was diagnosed with brain cancer and given 3 months to live. It doesn't focus on the disease, but on how he lived those final months. For me it puts into...

http://harvardmagazine.com/go/jkrowling.html Good speech on the subject by jkrowling.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=787&page=28 The second post on this page is a great story about adventure, change, and what life could be like if we were only a little braver and risked a little more. Its also a great read.

An old classmate I recently found invited me to a birthday thing this weekend. I don't know anyone else there... well i might but even if i did i wouldn't have seen them for the last 10 years. On one hand this is a great opportunity to make some new friends. On the other hand.. i'm already...

I wanted to throw this idea out to see if theres any support for it. On some art related forums i go to, there is a "weekly sketch" thread. Where a topic is posted, and people draw sketches based on the topic and post them. I wonder if that idea would work here with a "weekly habit" thread...

... is among the things i feel is a bad idea to admit in social situations. But lately i've been thinking that might be counter productive... because it means i'm ashamed of my interests. Maybe not being proud of something I like is more socially damaging than just telling people. Anyone feel...

I always feel guilty when I want to return something, or complain about a service/product, and the times I muster the courage to do it I end up being very apologetic. Most of the time though i just chicken out. Unfortunately this time I have to try to get a refund on behalf of a friend. I...

I managed to keep eye contact with some really cute girls eariler by imagining i was superman, burning a hole in their face with my heat ray vision. The upside is that it was pretty amusing, and I couldn't stop smiling, something i usually have to make an effort to do. The downside is the...

sometimes there are those days when everything bothering you is magnified and even though it seemed you've been coping well all week all the horrible worries and feelings suddenly hits you at the same time as your mood takes a down swing and all your strength is sapped out and all you can do is...

On the few occasions which i do go hang out. Especially when its with people i'm not as familiar with, I can muster the enthusiasm to be somewhat social in the beginning. But after an hour or two i always hit this wall. Where I just think "gah, i'm tired, i don't want to talk, don't want to...

I'm in my mid 20s. Today I foundout that someone who i believed was older than me by at least 10 years based on how mature he was, the way he acted, etc, is actually younger than me. It kinda hit me that, while everyone is growing up, i stopped. And while being a big kid seems nice, i feel...

Where? How? I see a lot of advice telling me to just try, and not be afraid to fail etc. etc. but having next to no friends that live in the same country as me. How do i even find said situations to 'just try' in the first place.

right after a couple good ones.. gah. shoo! shoo! go away down day! Maybe I just need to sleep this one away..