Stand up to shyness

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FurryH Feb 2018 9:29am, 2 Feb 2018 1,670 posts	0 FurryH Did anyone see the documentry Stand up to shyness bbc.co.uk with Rhod Gilbert? I emphasie with a lot of things on the documentary. While the CBT in the past tackled my general anxiety about life watching this documentary has made me think that I've not tackled this bit yet. While I'm not going to do stand up to solve it but I will put my hand up. I'm shy. Rhod's admission about hiding in portoloos or sleeping in a square to not avoid checking into a hotel he had booked has made me think. What lengths have you gone to to avoid meeting people. I admit that sometimes I have gone to events to meet Fetchies and ended up covering up vest due this anxiety.
Ultracat Feb 2018 10:31am, 2 Feb 2018 12,231 posts	0 Ultracat Not seen the link but I tend to be quite shy or quite in social situations.
Ultracat Feb 2018 10:31am, 2 Feb 2018 12,232 posts	0 Ultracat Quite = quiet
FurryH Feb 2018 12:27pm, 5 Feb 2018 1,681 posts	0 FurryH The programme was about social anexity. I have good days and bads days with it. Programme was saying you have to confront it.
Oranj Feb 2018 8:32pm, 5 Feb 2018 791 posts	0 Oranj Thanks for the link, FurryH. I watched it but didn't really understand why you had to confront shyness: why was it portrayed as a bad thing? It might be what you are.
FurryH Feb 2018 9:56pm, 5 Feb 2018 1,682 posts	0 FurryH It was a very light dip into depression and anxiety. They touched very lightly on CBT which when I did it for general anxiety got me to test situations to see if they were a problem. It was the way the programme tackled dealing with social anxiety for those that found it a problem of stopped them functioning in a way they thought they should do. I guess you don't have to confront it but I think Rhod wanted to socialise with more people but felt held back. It required constant excercise of the muscle was the way he put it.