Mikey
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Post by Mikey on Mar 4, 2006 18:04:23 GMT -5
My opions on this subject is yes it has helped me get the nessary infomation on this subject (shyness) and support (not alone out there with SA).
So thats a yes for me.
How bout u?
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Post by hopeful on Mar 4, 2006 19:42:56 GMT -5
I would be lost without the internet, sadly enough. Sometimes I worry that I am too dependent on it
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Post by frozenflame on Mar 4, 2006 23:41:58 GMT -5
i clicked yes because the internet has helped me with shyness, but it's a double-edged sword because it helps me isolate too. I agree with sweet pea
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Post by wagnerr on Mar 4, 2006 23:54:26 GMT -5
I don't think the internet has helped with my shyness, no. But posting at SU and other forums has helped me improve my typing skills a hell of a lot.
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Post by GreenFerret on Mar 5, 2006 0:21:33 GMT -5
Getting online and, particularly, finding this site has helped me immensely. Once I realized I wasn't alone and that there were other intelligent but shy people, it made it easier for me to treat my shyness for what it really was. I was able to dump a lot of my negative self-perception into the "shyness" category instead of berating myself for being inept. Of course, sometimes I just feel like staying inside and socializing via the internet, which doesn't help me get out and be friendly... But if it weren't the internet, it would be something else, lol. In the past it was reading, or TV, or video games, or sitting around doing nothing... any excuse was a good excuse. So I really think the internet has helped me a lot more than it's hindered me.
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Post by pnoopiepnats on Mar 5, 2006 0:47:00 GMT -5
It has helped me in many ways. I don't know if I am less shy or not though. It probably seems like I am not very shy online but real life is much different.
It is nice to have someone to talk to any time of the day or night with the internet.
Internet has provided me with a very good income working on web based applications.
If it wasn't for the internet, Vic and I would have never met or knew each other existed.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Mar 5, 2006 1:38:32 GMT -5
The internet helped me a lot, especially finding this site. I "met" some really cool people on here that I talk to almost everyday ;D ;D ;D ~i.a.
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Post by Richard Cunningham on Mar 5, 2006 1:42:16 GMT -5
It hasn't helped me, but I'm addicted.
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lula
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Post by lula on Mar 5, 2006 4:03:08 GMT -5
The internet has helped me with my shyness by making me a little more comfortable with myself. This site and a few others has shown me that I'm not alone. Reading about other people's experiences and relating to them, makes me feel less awkward.
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Post by Tal on Mar 5, 2006 7:42:19 GMT -5
It has helped. It means I can interact with people without having to actually go outside and talk face to face. Okay...perhaps that's not really helping me, but I'd have gone mad without the Net and the people I've met over it, even if its taken the place of a offline social life since school (not that I ever had one)
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Post by gSteve on Mar 5, 2006 7:53:41 GMT -5
I think its helped me with shyness, its nice to speak to other people and see that there are plenty of other similar people out there. I think its helped me become better communicating at least online and that may have helped offline as well. I've also met two people from the internet and they helped.
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Post by Paulinus on Mar 5, 2006 7:54:55 GMT -5
The internet has helped me so far as making me realise I'm not alone. I'm not sure if its helped with my shyness but it has kept me sane.
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Post by Some Guy on Mar 5, 2006 8:12:02 GMT -5
I'm really not sure. It's definitely made me happy, I love being online and talking to certain people but if it wasnt for the internet I may have been a more social person these last few years which would have probably made a big difference to my shyness. The internet is my comfort zone.
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Post by Sigh on Mar 5, 2006 10:39:34 GMT -5
It's helped me, because I've found more people like myself and some people that I really enjoy talking to. Plus when I was ill last year and was unable to go far from home it helped keep me sane... although now I wonder if it's hindering me forcing myself to go outside more often.
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Post by theinfiniteabyss84 on Mar 6, 2006 0:17:01 GMT -5
The internet has helped me so far as making me realise I'm not alone. I'm not sure if its helped with my shyness but it has kept me sane. I definitely agree. For the longest time I thought I was alone in my situation but this has definately opened my eyes to the fact that I am not. It helped with my shyness to a certain extent, I guess the fact that I know for a fact that I am not alone. If there wasnt an internet I dont think I would be any more social. ~i.a.
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