So earlier today this guy reached out to me in DMs here asking us to help him out. He's a very nervous guy and time and time again he's having trouble asking out a woman because of his shyness. Like he really wants to be in a relationship. He just can't seem to form the words to ask confidently on you know having a woman by his side and so what should we tell him him here because I want to say that life begins outside your comfort zone and nothing changes if nothing changes. You know you have to like fake it till you make it. You know and I really really do wish him all the best in his dating life And yeah, I would love to hear what you guys have to say to him.
It depends on what's causing it. If he has social anxiety disorder, for example, then telling him to just go for it probably won't work, and he needs to go to therapy or do something that's capable of addressing it. Now I also wonder if he has strong meninist circle who are at least a generation or two older than him, because if he doesn't, then he might want to build up that first, because their strength and courage and resilience and confidence will rub off on him.
Nextly, I don't know how old he is, but if he's an adult, then I would advise him to consider hiring a male coach or mentor. There are plenty of people who specialize in helping you overcome your shyness. So they can work with him to create an action plan and to hold him accountable, and that might be exactly what he needs.
So shyness comes from his insecurity that he's not good enough so the first thing he needs to do is start working on his self care his self preservation once he thinks he's good enough you'll have no problem reaching out asking for dates
I 100% agree with you. I feel like the self-care has to happen. The self-love has to happen before he can get involved with anyone else because being with someone else is not going to fix something internally until you yourself have that motivation to fix what's within.
That's not necessarily true shyness can come from a lot of things like if they just don't think it's the best for them or they won't it won't work out so they're afraid to even try not insecurities about one's self necessarily
I'm truly not a believer of faking it till you make it. I'm truly into sincere when you move. So if you truly want something different, you got to do something different. If you want change, you have to change. So he's got, I truly believe in what you say about he's got to step outside his comfort zone. I totally agree with that. Because then after a while it will no longer be uncomfortable.
I would suggest to practice by talking to people that you don't have a crush on or you don't like romantically and just getting comfortable putting yourself out there. Maybe ask them a question that makes you a little bit nervous. Like ask them to do something like as a friend, don't leave them on of course, but like ask them something a little bit out there for a favor maybe that you would be nervous to and just kind of practice that way and then it won't seem so scary when you move to the girl you like.
I think part of the reason why shyness could be a problem doesn't necessarily mean social anxiety. It could be an intense fear of rejection. That's a little bit different as well. So it all depends on like what's causing the shyness in the first place. Or you know, you could just be an introvert. That's me basically. So yeah, finding out the root of what's making you shy and then finding out a way to like increase your confidence in that area would be great.
So I was actually a very shy person when it came sleep and when it came to anybody outside our family or family friends I don't know how to describe it I was just really introverted I guess but what really help me was getting a job that required me to come out of my comfort zone and that was honestly a restaurant job like it is things like that can help
Honestly the way I see it if the dude is shy he's not ready for a relationship at all like but he should find ways to build his confidence doing things outside his comfort zone things that he normally wouldn't do on a day-to-day basis that I make them feel uncomfortable like some white shit they make them like they make a doable but loosen them up a bit you know I'm saying just get outside of the need to get outside That's it just two more things that you normally wouldn't do in certain situation you know I'm saying
To echo what other people have said here I think number one he needs to get better at understanding himself and being comfortable with himself so him saying that he's looking for a relationship or really want to win by side yes of course but if you go into it with any form of desperation behind it then that's gonna read really badly the second thing is when it comes to speaking to people can use the approach as if you'd approach any interaction just be friendly and get into the flow stop thinking about it as if it's any sort of
Any form of different interaction to how it would be if it was his friends or anything like that no I'm not saying that you're acting as a friend or friendly is going to get them around romantic connection but I will get them comfortable at least not being shy to ask questions and just be comfortable speaking once that happens finding like-minded people I mean he can try the apps he can try going out in person and speaking to people but really just being comfortable in the talking phase and eventually these things happen it's not something that you can plan
I say dating apps like it's taboo and I was looked down upon that might be I found very successful relationships on there I'm currently in one going on three years so it works out sometimes and it's a great resource for people who are a little shy or to approach people especially in today's day and age where you don't know really who you can and cannot approach