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January 5, 2006
Painfully Shy
I read a book over the holidays that I can't recommend enough: Painfully Shy by Barbara G. Markway and Gregory P. Markway. Parts of the book were well-known to me, but much of it was new and enlightening. I've dog-eared many of the pages and underlined many passages. I don't want to sound like I'm hawking the book, but it had so much good information, was so uplifting that I wish I would have started with it. I highly recommend the book to anybody coming to this site and looking for good starting places, as I have been looking for.
Posted by successfullyshy at January 5, 2006 10:51 PM
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Hi there. I have that book. I have all those symptoms. It was trully a great book and helped me realize there are other people out there that experience what I do. My biggest problem is face flushing. It happens to me at least once a day and trully embarrasses me. I used to take Paxil but I don't like the side effects. It did seem to help with the face flushing. It didn't cure it but reduced the number of times it happened. I am pretty much a hermit it seems. I don't interact with anyone really except while at work. I am in customer service so I have to be somewhat outgoing there. I just get embarrassed really easy. Well, I just wanted to write and say that book was good.
Posted by: Richard at January 12, 2006 4:13 AM
Hi Richard, thanks for the comment. I hope your anxiety gets better. I also like knowing others are out there struggling with this. I've never had face flushing, just lots of shaking that embarrasses me. If you want to write more to me, I'll always respond to comments or at successfullyshy@gmail.com. I know the hermit feeling. I've started to take meds again myself, although I haven't written about it on here yet. I have side effects with Zoloft, but I'm trying something again.
Posted by: successfullyshy at January 12, 2006 3:24 PM