She was talking!
By snowy
@snowy22315 (196157)
United States
September 17, 2025 12:25pm CST
So, when I went to my class reunion last month one of my classmates was there who was conversing normally with the people around here. It was a little bit shocking, but happy to see. She was a girl that during school simply did not talk to others or in class. This cause her to be friendless. I don't know when she came out of her shell, but she obviously did. She gave a new meaning to painfully shy, back in the day.
Anyway, kids would speculate on what caused her to be that way. One said that their home was burgularized when she was young and she became stricken with fear and couldn't make a noise. Selective mutism is a real thing, but I was told she interacted normally with family members after this incident. Maybe she got some therapy along the way, not sure..but it was gratifying to see.
Did you ever know a very shy person who became more outgoing over the years? Did you ever know someone so shy they would not speak to anyone outside of the family?
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@Kusumakrishna (637)
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6h
I am the one .always feels shy to interact with new one
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@snowy22315 (196157)
• United States
6h
I bet you do it though. She wouldnt. She may have whispered to the teaccer.
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@snowy22315 (196157)
• United States
2h
Can you trace it to any reason, or is that just her?
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@wolfgirl569 (122441)
• Marion, Ohio
2h
@snowy22315 I do blame her mom for a lot of it. When the girls were little she had them scared of everyone.
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@GardenGerty (165791)
• United States
Just now
I do not think I knew anyone quite that shy. It was good for her to be talking at the reunion.
@AmbiePam (103039)
• United States
5h
Man, that sounds like me. I remember after we left Spencer, I really came out of my shell. It shocked people so much there were several ladies who knew me as a child, and when they saw me again, they actually wanted my advice on how to deal with their painfully shy children because they couldn’t believe the change in me.
I couldn’t even talk to anyone but very close family, like grandparents and a few aunts. I got a book, sat behind a recliner, and left when my dad said it was time to go home. People thought I was unfriendly, but I was just scared to talk to them. My Aunt Lana would always make a beeline for me when I arrived so I could forego talking to the bigger groups of cousins.
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@snowy22315 (196157)
• United States
4h
I was a little like that with family I didn't know well. It always just seemed safer to be elsewhere or sit by my mom or something.
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@kaylachan (79517)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3h
I used to be that kind of person. I struggled with asking for things, because I didn't want to hear 'no'. I still struggle with starting conversations,and some people often think I'm activly ignoring them. But, that's an issue I'll always deal with. I am blind and eye contact tends to be the way people communicate they're speaking to you. If I'm in a room with more than one person, I can't tell if i if someone's looking at me.
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@kaylachan (79517)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2h
@snowy22315 Yeah. I've come to accept it. Not much I can do about it.
@snowy22315 (196157)
• United States
5h
She didn't talk to anyone,although I think she whispered to the teacher when she had a question or something.
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