Friday May 9, 2008 ym.com > quiz > is shyness holding you back?

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Is Shyness Holding You Back? Except for Paris Hilton, just about everyone on the planet feels a twinge of shyness every once in a while. But when it stops you from expressing yourself or keeps you from having a good time, that's not the best way to cope. Find out if you're too timid and what to do about it if you are. Andrea Pyros 1. It's oral-report time in American history class. Yikes! How are you going to cope?   No way can I do that. I'll beg the teacher to let me do something else instead. I'll die if I have to speak in front of my whole class.   I'll practice reading my talk in front of my parents a few times, so I can get used to how it sounds out loud.   I'm dressing up like a Revolutionary War solider and acting out my report. It will totally crack people up. 2. The cute new student smiles at you in biology class. How do you respond?   I smile back and send some subtle glances his way.   I go up to him after class and ask him out. If I don't make a move, some other girl will!   By blushing and looking behind me to see if he was smiling at someone else. 3. You really want to get involved in the drama department, but you've never done any acting before. Are you going to try out for the spring play anyway?   Sure, why not? Everyone has to start somewhere.   Nope, what if everyone laughed at how bad I was? I guess I'll see if I can work behind the scenes instead, where there's less risk of mortification.   Yes, but for a smaller role, just to get my feet wet. I can always go for the lead when I gain more experience. 4. Do you remember every embarrassing thing you ever did?   I can completely catalog every dorky thing I've ever done. It still makes me cringe to think about it!   Not at all, I tend to live in the moment, so I rarely think back like that.   Sometimes, but now stuff seems funnier than it did when it happened. page 1 of 2 Want more ym? Sign up for our free e-mail newsletter so you don't miss a thing.

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