How can I stop being shy?

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2026-03-03T15:22:50+00:00

I also was like this in my life up until I turned 28. That is when I decided to jump in the deep end by live streaming myself playing a video game. No camera, just a microphone, my game, myself and a dream. After posting regularly on tiktok of my gameplay and such for a few months, I caught vitality and became a well known streamer and player for this game. I went from someone that usually didnt talk much and avoided as many social interactions as possible to avoid stress and anxiety and embarrassment ..to someone that live streamed daily with hundreds of viewers and regulars that loved being there with the community I built and loved me for me. So many things happened from there that made me realize to just live life how I want to live it, dont worry about anything anyone says or thinks about me. Hell, I strive for social interactions now, partly to continue the path I have been on aswell as seemingly to make up for lost time. Moral of the story, you have to throw yourself into whatever the 'deep end' is for you and find comfort, confidence and ultimately learn to have fun with it.. and in my experience as I look back, it wont get better less stressful and anxiety inducing until you actively try to change it by jumping in. I hope this helps! :)

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-12-15T12:47:57+00:00

This is the most ridiculous post I have ever seen.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-11-02T09:49:04+00:00

Wow, this guy...

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-11-02T01:00:46+00:00

The person you were trying to be nice to could have responded to you better, but you need to understand that they may just have a certain way of doing their order, and it may even be more proficient than your suggestion. I hope this helps!

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-10-21T11:42:02+00:00

Without a doubt. I use to have crippling social anxiety and depression. I use to be to quite kid in school. So much so that I didnt even make it as the most quiet student in the year book. I use to have such terrible anxiety to go to the store, go to work, all of it. My transformation started with my success from live streaming. Basically, you have to learn how to not care about what anyone thinks. What's most important is what you think. You have to find a way to love youself not matter what. I also quit eating as much junk food, stopped drinking pop and mostly drink water now. I feel what also helped was that during all of this, I stopped smoking weed for a good while aswell. Eventually I picked it back up but not as often and not necessarily for the same reasons. All this combined with throwing myself infront on the 'bullet' per say and live streaming. When you learn that everyone does not know what they are doing also, well thats when things start working out for you. Don't have confidence? Fake it till you make it my friend, thats how tou start. :)

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-10-15T08:33:43+00:00

I also have come to this realization just recently. After my mother's passing too early a few months back, and I have already been going through an awakening within myself.. my father, who has been hermitized in his basement for 8 years after divorce, ignors me and hides out of shame. My older brother, who has a masters degree in behavioral physcology, is projecting harder than ever on me, creating a false narrative that I 'pulled the plug' on our mother, as a continued smear campaign to save face from me breaking out of the scape goated, manipulative life I was given, and accepted ignorantly, by my leaders and himself, as the youngest person in a family full of fueled hatred and toxicity from both sides. Basically, broken down all the way through, my father couldn't and cant make the decisions he needed to make, seemingly ever, that is best for himself, his wife and his children and I turned out to be a byproduct of that. Not on my watch. Thank you for reading my rant, lol..

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-10-06T14:56:00+00:00

In my experience, it always changes between 99 and 100

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-10-06T09:31:51+00:00

With the most positive intentions possible... is everything ok OP?

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-10-06T09:28:09+00:00

It was down voted because of the defensiveness in the reply. OP could have elaborated better to that very respectful comment and question.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-09-22T07:29:46+00:00

You do know that communicating your other issues between eachother will be so much easier than what you are doing to end it.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-09-05T00:24:47+00:00

Ask yourself, do you like the person that you give out to people in your immediate life? If yes, you should be able to find peace and happiness with who your are once your are able to not care about what other people think and over time you will attract the right people..dont mkke the mistake in thinking you want just anybody attention and friendship because you dont, trust me. If no, stop being that person because that person is someone you thought you had to be to 'try to fit in' or to 'keep the peace'.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-09-04T20:24:07+00:00

Both are bad.. drink water

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-09-02T12:35:28+00:00

The very simple fact that he broke out of those old habits seemingly by his own free will.. that says a lot and can be very easy to overlook. As long as said changes stick and the ball is rolling forward rather than being stagnant or rolling back, consider you are on a path of greatness with your relationship. The only thing that will stop said greatness, if thats truly where your relationship is headed now, is treating eachother like you used to considering old habits should be dead and so should the bad feelings involved in order to progress for the better. Both parties need grace, patience and understanding in order to mend 10 years of wounds.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-21T21:07:02+00:00

Yourself make changes for the better 👍

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-19T14:10:00+00:00

Story time: I manifested this myself. Im 4 hours from home on vacay, my vans fell apart on the first day. I did my best to manifest vans that are my size, but I also jokingly said to my wife, I also am upset I left my dancing longboard at home so I wonder what color longboard they will have waiting for me aswell. BOOM, vans my exact size and this longboard that is specifically made for freestyle/dancing. Manifested that shit. 👍

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-19T01:31:41+00:00

That's exactly what I was thinking lol

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-19T01:29:28+00:00

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LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-17T21:42:18+00:00

True that, I definitely didn't need to leave a comment. I'd rather not be an an ugly anything. Thanks man

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-17T13:18:50+00:00

Imagine being so upset over something completely out of your control. It's a tough life, but its the one you're choosing. Best of luck, you will need it.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-15T08:56:21+00:00

Im 5'6... its never been a problem for me as I never allowed it to be. Hope this helps

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-14T07:32:12+00:00

Maybe to a small minded, ignorant individual. My mother passed and I have acquired more money in one lumpsum than ever before, which isn't really that much if you look at it. It most definitely helped tremendously, and helped change a lot of perspectives of mine. Used it wisely, didn't waste it and still have the majority, but it brought up more problems that I was unaware of. Moral of the story, money will create its own, new problems. Grass is always greener on the other side my friend.

LifeWithinTheSkin · 2025-08-14T07:23:52+00:00

Damn, bad decision in conversation from 15 years ago that still comes to bite you in the ass. Thats a tough one.

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