1. When people think you're rude just because you're shy:
2. When people ask you, "Why are you always so quiet?":
3. And then when you do talk, they're always telling you to speak up:
4. When you don't know how to respond to people or hold a proper conversation:
5. When you have to mentally prepare yourself to make a phone call:
6. When people tell you that you should get out more:
7. When you finally get to be alone again after being social:
8. When you open your mouth to say something and someone else speaks over you:
9. When someone tells you "go ask them yourself" and you just feel so abandoned:
10. When you're just going about your day and then you suddenly remember an awkward conversation you had years ago:
11. When an awkward conversation finally ends and you walk away from it like:
12. When you're too shy to correct a mistake with your meal order so you just suffer in silence:
13. When you were at school and the teacher singled you out to answer a question:
14. And when your report card always said, "You're a bright student but you should participate more in class":
15. When you finally do start to talk and nobody listens anyway:
16. When you find out that you have to give a presentation at school or work:
17. When you make plans to be social and then regret your life decisions right before you have to leave home:
18. When you've got plans and the other person cancels:
19. When you finally feel comfortable around someone:
20. When you make friends with people who understand you and accept you for who you are:
21. And when you remember that there are tons of people just like you and that you're never alone:
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