• Question: were you ever shy? that when you would stand up to talk at school infront of your class that you'd get all red from embarassment?

    Asked by anonymous to Pete, Rebecca, SallyB, Sally, Sian on 23 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Sally Barber answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Yes! I am still shy sometimes. Just last week I was in a meeting with a group of scientists who are a lot older and more experienced than me. when I spoke to them I think I went bright red because I was worried that they would laugh at my ideas. Of course they didn’t. It’s good to be a little bit embarassed sometimes – it shows that you’re working at doing something uncomfortable for you, it’s best just to go for it anyway because thats how you get better and get to where you want to go.

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      Peter Styring answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      I was incredibly shy at school and would never put my hand up. I was as read as a tomato! Now you can’t shut me up! It all changed when I became a ski instructor and spent a lot of time talking in front of classes. Just go for it and you get used to it!

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      Sally Fenton answered on 21 Jun 2010:

      Yes. I still do this now! Before I am about to present something I will get really nervous and I sometimes get a red rash on my neck and arms! I think it is something which you learn to control though as mine gets better every time I do it :). You always feel better after you have done it though and you feel like you have achieved something so I think it is always good to do things like that to challenge yourself!

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      Rebecca Randell answered on 22 Jun 2010:

      Yes!!! I still get very red when i speak in front of people. I used to struggle with this a school and i never used to answer questions but as i have got older i have started to control it more. Sometimes i’m not even embarrassed and i go red it really annoys me. When you get older you realise that people don’t really care if you are red and that you have no reason to be embarrassed

    • Photo: Sian Lawson

      Sian Lawson answered on 23 Jun 2010:

      Yes! I used to go bright red, and now I regularly speak in front of hundreds and on rare occasions in front of over a thousand, and I enjoy it. I don’t remember a “cure” though, I suspect that I just got used to it.

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    pd1234 commented on :

    confidence varies from person to person. but as you get subjected to more “attention” you get used to it and get over it. all of a sudden you become a more confident person. 🙂 confidence feels good and i think its good for you!