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01-16-2014
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Delteria gfx
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 192
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I used to be highly antisocial during most of my time in middle school. In 8th grade I had an image change, so that really helped and harmed my self esteem in different areas. It helped by making me much more social and for the most part thought positive of myself for the first time, and at the same time I was faced with the issue of conformity. As a result, I still do this today with my own touch, is I would observe the way people sit in their seats. Then I would mimic them, so my posture matches their own. Nowadays, I do the same thing, but I look around the room to see who carries themselves out well and I...challenge them, in lack of a better words lol.
But enough about me, that probably wouldn't help you with social skills all that much. But it may improve your confidence. The secret to long lasting conversations and friendships with others can be found in a quote by the Roman poet, Publius Syrus: "We are interested in others, when they are interested in us." Talk about what interests the other person (theirself), and they'll go on for ages.
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This~~^ Probably the only advice i can give you is that the only way for anyone to ever respect you or like you, you have to respect/like yourself first. Once you do that, you will gain confidence. If you are confident in who you are, it really doesn't matter what anyone else says or does. Also nobody wants to mess with someone who is confident about themselves. Blueh had a great point of how when talking to people, talk about what they like. Moral is that you have to believe in yourself before anyone else can.
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