Some thoughts about it by myself:
For me it is much more easy to talk to people when I know what to talk about. So it could help to think about what I really have to offer. Thats beyond all childish more-or-less hide-and-seek games.. (they have to find out that I know? how lazy) does that make any sense? hmmm have to think more about it..
I know that it is sometimes very difficult for me to do the first step, even if I know that the outcome should be worth the risk. Important in that cases for me is that if I stay silent for whatever reasons – I don’t beat myself up for it.
Moods change and I think we as shy persons maybe have the benefit that we have had the time to develop a kind of intuition for feelings of others and our own emotional klima. That can be Over-Sensitivity, but it could also become a strengh..
