ciel20
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Whenever I don't feel completely comfortable around people I tend to be quiet and shy, but I'm not entirely sure whether it's normal shyness or not.
Basically:
- I have trouble maintaining eye contact - after meeting someone's gaze for a while I tend to look away in an awkward way, which probably makes me seem uninterested in whatever they're saying
- I feel self-conscious about whatever my facial expression is, and the worry makes me adopt an awkward expression
- Sometimes I almost freeze because I feel self-conscious about whatever I'm doing, and I think if I move to do something it'll seem totally unnatural and everyone will know I feel self-conscious. Just knowing that I'm being watched can sometimes cause me to carry out whatever I'm doing in a self-conscious/awkward way.
Plus there're the more normal shy traits (being too quiet, nervous laughter, being unable to think of anything to say (or too self-conscious to say what's on my mind), etc.).
I'm just wondering if the awkward mannerisms I've listed are really a normal part of being shy, or if it's related to something else... I think I've made it out to be worse than it is though (I never experience everything at once, nor do the mannerisms ever affect me to an excessive/clearly noticeable degree).
Basically:
- I have trouble maintaining eye contact - after meeting someone's gaze for a while I tend to look away in an awkward way, which probably makes me seem uninterested in whatever they're saying
- I feel self-conscious about whatever my facial expression is, and the worry makes me adopt an awkward expression
- Sometimes I almost freeze because I feel self-conscious about whatever I'm doing, and I think if I move to do something it'll seem totally unnatural and everyone will know I feel self-conscious. Just knowing that I'm being watched can sometimes cause me to carry out whatever I'm doing in a self-conscious/awkward way.
Plus there're the more normal shy traits (being too quiet, nervous laughter, being unable to think of anything to say (or too self-conscious to say what's on my mind), etc.).
I'm just wondering if the awkward mannerisms I've listed are really a normal part of being shy, or if it's related to something else... I think I've made it out to be worse than it is though (I never experience everything at once, nor do the mannerisms ever affect me to an excessive/clearly noticeable degree).