“What other people think of me is none of my business.” “You’re too quiet.” This comment and others like it have plagued me almost all my life. I don’t know how many times I’ve been told that I needed to come out of my shell, to be livelier, or to talk more. As a child and teenager, I allowed these remarks to hurt me deeply. I was already shy, but I became even more self-conscious as I was constantly aware of people waiting for me to speak. When I did, the response was often, “Wow! She said something!” This would make me just want to crawl back into my shell and hide. I became more and more reserved.
Posted on: Sun, 27 Oct 2013 04:15:03 +0000
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