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Daniel: So, hello Yuna, how are you today?

Yuna: Hey. I’m well, thanks for asking. How are you?

Daniel: I’m okay. So, do you consider yourself a shy person?

Yuna: Yes, I do. Even though when I say this to people, some of them say “no, you're

not shy at all”. But I do feel shy, maybe I trick people into thinking I'm not shy, but It’s

just a mask or something. And you?

Daniel: Yeah, you don’t seem shy.

Yuna: Really? Yeah, I hear that a lot.

Daniel: Yeah, I also consider myself very shy. I try to hide it, but I'm not sure if I do it

very well. And how do you deal with that? How do you think that impacts your life?

Yuna: So, I've been trying to expose myself a lot, and it's uncomfortable, I think that's

what shyness is about for me. I am able to talk to people and do things in general, deal

with social interactions, but the thing is I feel uncomfortable doing it most of the time.

And then I'm trying to cope with that by exposing myself a lot and realizing that it's fine,

I survive that, and I'm getting more and more used to doing this, so I think I am little by

little overcoming my shyness.

Daniel: That's great, that's great.

Yuna: How do you feel? What does it feel like being a shy person for you?

Daniel: Yeah, it's very similar to what you said. I can force myself to behave socially,

but it's hard. Sometimes I need to prepare myself before... prepare psychologically, or I

get very nervous. But, yeah, I'm not sure if I'm getting better at it, I don’t know if I’m

overcoming it. It’s really annoying, honestly, to feel this way.

Yuna: Yes, I agree. It’s just this huge discomfort, it’s not... I don't know. I think there are

shy people that are okay with being shy, it's just like “I don't feel comfortable in this

situation so I just avoid this situation and it's fine”, and I wish I was more like that, but I

do the opposite “Oh, I am uncomfortable in this situation? So I'm going to do this more

and more until I’m not uncomfortable anymore”.

Daniel: That’s a great position to have, you're facing your... problems, in a way, and

trying to improve.

Yuna: Yeah, yeah, I like to think so. And once you're closer to a person, does the

shyness go away for you?

Daniel: I guess it gets easier, I think, to deal with it. It lessens a little bit. And for you,

how is it?

Yuna: Yeah, it's the same. I think that... I feel like every time I see my friends again,

even if we have a 10 year long relationship, I will be shy in the beginning of the

interaction every time.

Daniel: But it gets easier.

Yuna: Yeah, it fades away with time.