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30 Images That Hit Too Close To Home For Shy People

I'M NOT RUDE, I'M SCARED.

1. The pain of having a crush:

2. Practicing one-word replies:

3. Dreading parties because sitting through the birthday song is torture:

4. This fear:

5. ...Which people LOVE to confirm:

6. The dread of small talk:

7. The awe you feel for sociable extroverts:

8. Being known as "the quiet one":

9. Possessing top-notch flirting skills (or not):

10. At least there's always the internet:

11. WANTING to talk, just not knowing how:

12. But, seriously. YOUR NERVES:

13. Knowing you're great once people get to know you:

14. THIS:

15. Feeling this, deeply:

16. The fear of talking to a group:

17. Avoiding "grand entrances":

18. Trying:

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19. The struggle:

Like, let's be real. You're GOING to cancel.

20. The not even being sure what you're nervous about:

21. This question:

22. Not knowing what to talk about:

23. NOT BEING HEARD:

24. This awful fear:

25. ...And this one, too:

26. The curse of possibly being too weird:

27. The knowledge that, ultimately, that there are tons of people like you:

28. Because even though it might take some extra time to get to know you...

29. Plus some extra effort on your part...

30. You are worth getting to know.