15 Things You'll Only Get If You've Always Been The Shy Kid

How can you explain to everyone that you're not a dumbass, but just extremely shy?

1. Meeting new people is an extreme sport for you.

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It may be an easy task for the rest of the world, but for you, it's something that requires the highest level of attention. Difficulty level: 100000000.

2. People always say that you're a dumbass or that you don't care about talking to other people.

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Your heart says "Talk to them — show them it's not true," but that little voice inside you says, "No way. You're way too shy to do that."

3. In fact, the more you like someone, the harder it is to talk to them.

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If you like the person, it's even worse. You'll probably never dare to tell them how you actually feel. :(

4. You're always being asked to speak "louder."

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But when you do, they look at you like "oh, look, they talk" or "woah, so that's what their voice sounds like."

5. This a good way to explain your social life:

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When you're alone, you can act out lengthy conversions, but in real life situations, everything goes downhill very quickly.

6. Meeting someone and having to talk to them is a nightmare.

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And it's infinitely worse if you meet a fellow shy person:

- Hi, how are you?

- Fine, and you?

- Fine.

- Good.

- ...

- ...

7. You rehearse what you'll say even in the dumbest of scenarios.

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For example, you practiced the "Here" that you would say when called on for attendance on the first day of school not once, but seven hundred thousand times.

8. You overanalyze everything that you've ever said in a conversation, and you torture yourself to no end over it all.

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"Maybe I should have spoken louder."

"That 'hi' sounded rude."

"They'll never talk to me again because I snorted a bit when I laughed."

9. One of the worst things that could happen to you is for someone to ask you something and for you to know the answer, because you won't answer back.

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At school, it was awful when the teacher would ask you a question and you would sheepishly reply, "May I e-mail you the answer?"

10. You hate talking on the phone.

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Your shyness knows no bounds; the sole idea of interacting with another human being is enough to make you nervous.

11. You hate your birthday because you can't stand being the center of attention.

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Number 1 most horrible moment for shy people: when they start to sing "Happy Birthday" to you, and you don't know whether to laugh, smile, clap, sing along, stare straight at the cake, or what.

12. Your cellphone has saved you many, many times.

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Like when you go to a party with a friend and they leave you for a minute to go to the bathroom.

13. Headphones are very useful for when you don't want to talk to anyone.

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What you say: "Oh sorry, I didn't hear you because I had my headphones in."

What you mean: "Actually, I'm not even listening music, but I get anxious when people talk to me, so I have them in as a form of defense, bye."

14. Having someone cancel on you is the best thing that can possibly happen.

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First, pretend like they broke your heart because they canceled. Then, put on those PJs and curl up in bed, sublimely happy with this fortunate turn of events.

15. You HATE when people take your picture.

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You don't know what to do, so you make a funny face and pray for the best.

This post was translated from Spanish.