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I just wanted to say that while I only got to quickly browse through the article, everything that I read was SPOT on. I had absolutely NO charisma when I was younger. I was quiet except around my close friends, very guarded and timid in conversation, etc. Eventually, while trying to develop a 'defense' for being

The best way to fight anxiety is to prepare for it in advance. My wife suffers from it and the best way we've found to help her with it is to list all possible negative outcomes. The actual list is never as bad as the amorphous fear that her imagination creates.

It amazes me to see what kind of mental back-flips people have to do just to get off their ass and do some work.