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Compesh is a question and answer (and debate) website, so before you make a debate, you better learn what an assertion is. I suppose you already know what a question is, and that you've typed it in the box. ;)
An assertion, is basically a statement you can make, that is either true or false.
Richer people have better health.
The question for that would be, Do richer people have better health?
And don't forget to make your assertion, match your question.
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As a young child I was extremely shy, to the point where my constant muteness was abnormal. In nursery I never spoke, and it was normal for me to go two months without a single conversation with anyone at school. I got tested for every disability, psychological and behavioural disorder you can think of, as all the teachers I was autistic. I got the all clear, thankfully. That's how extreme it was. The doctors said I would grow out of it, and I did.
Some people think that shyness is a figment of one's imagination, but it's a jarring thing that renders someone unable to do something, no matter how hard they try. It's hard to describe to people who don't understand it, as it's irrational yet not a phobia.
Basically what happened is when I moved schools at 8, I had an immense amount of regret for not socialising much in primary school, and even worse for not spending any time with the people who I truly wanted to be friends with, even worse because I ruined my chance to be happy in my previous school. That feeling of regret lasted for months or maybe years. Regret is one of the worst feelings, because you can't change the past. Jealousy is one step below it.
And since then, I wasn't shy any more. Now people describe me as confident and my own person. The last time I was shy, was back in October last year, the only incident where I practically had a typical reason to be shy, and I didn't do what I was meant to do, so I missed out on it.
What works for me, is not doing something the first time and hating myself afterwards for not doing it, especially when it's not my fault that I couldn't do it but I end up blaming myself when I shouldn't as that's a downward spiral for something I had very little control over, but I'll do it anyway until I snap out of it. But then again, by saying what works for me, it's like I'm not trying and making myself fail on purpose.
What I can say is that shyness doesn't affect me any more, and I can approach people I don't know, talk to them and become their friends very quickly, with ease. I had selective mutism but I grew out of it. If you know someone who is shy, they seriously need your help.