When I was a little boy, I was terrified to have strangers around me, anywhere, the library, store, even just to the hockey rink. I’m not anti social, it’s just when I was little, I was extremely shy, I didn’t like strangers to see me. It scared me. So I tried some techniques like trying not to hide, saying hi, but they all failed, but my mom in the end had to help me out. But now looking back I'm really glad that my mother helped me, without it I would probably be really shy still to this day.
    Being very shy before I had learned to cope, it was hard for me to go to anywhere! I was scared of anyone I didn't know. It was hard, whenever my mom saw someone she knew and went to go say hi, I would hide behind my Mom and not come out until my mom said so. After my mom said for me to come out, I still had a little trouble, but usually I was getting over it. I never was really shy around other kids. But after a little while, I was getting used to adults that I didn’t really know around me.
    I overcame my shyness by testing ways to be more comfortable around strangers. Firstly I tried just not hiding when I see someone new, that failed. I tried to figure out why I just couldn't stand being around strangers, I just couldn’t do it. Back to the grindstone. After that I tried holding onto my mother’s hand, but that still didn’t work. The last technique I tried was a suggestion from my mom. It was just to try and shake their hand or wave them hello. It took me a while but after a while I started to get used to it. Then, I felt pretty confident that there, I have mostly conquered my shyness.
    After I overcame my shyness, I looked back and now, frankly I feel a little silly. But nevertheless I feel better about it, I can speak in public better, meet new people and get to know them. I felt nervous and scared around new people when I was little, now I feel much, much better about it, I can talk to them, have a conversation, get to know them better, and maybe make a new friend. But overall, I feel much better. So I am very glad testing my limits to help myself improve and be less shy and scared.
    Before I started to test my limits, I was scared of really any person I didn’t know walking by. But then I started to test, after that, I felt like I was getting better but not a ton. The tests I tried were mostly thought up by me, but they didn’t work most of the time. Then my mom helped me try another test, the test she told me to try helped more than mine combined. It assisted me immensely to overcome my shyness. But now, looking back I fell a little silly about it, hiding around corners, my mom, and just anywhere I could hide because I was so scared.