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First published in the UK by HarperElement 2006
© Leil Lowndes 2005
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contents
Section I: A Word to the Shy …
SHYBUSTER 1 Go Cold Turkey on the Small Stuff
Don’t Expect a Miracle (Today at Least!)
SHYBUSTER 2 Eat the Peaches at Your Own Pace
SHYBUSTER 3 Wake Up Like a Whacko
Section II: Why Am I Shy?
Take the ‘Cot Test’ to See if You Were Born Shy
SHYBUSTER 4 Ask Them if You Freaked Out
Did I ‘Catch’ a Dose of Shyness?
SHYBUSTER 5 Rummage Through Your Relatives
SHYBUSTER 6 Did Shyness Rub Off On You?
Was it Bullies in Bygone Days?
SHYBUSTER 7 Replay the Early Show
It Was All Mum and Dad’s Fault
SHYBUSTER 8 Don’t Baby Your Baby
Section III: Dealing with People Until Your Shyness Is Gone
SHYBUSTER 9 Why Tell Strangers?
SHYBUSTER 10 Don’t Burn Yourself with the ‘Shy’ Branding Iron
Tell the Truth, the Half-truth, and Nothing But the Half-truth
SHYBUSTER 11 I’m Shy, So What?
Section IV: What People Really Think of You
SHYBUSTER 12 Be Shy on the Sly
Take Off Your Mud-coloured Spectacles
SHYBUSTER 13 Pitch the Paranoia
Don’t Be a Sucker for Rejection
SHYBUSTER 14 Don’t Choose Toxic Friends
Come Back Down Off the Ceiling