Lou Barlow Quotes

When I was younger, I used to be super, super shy. I still find myself being scared of things.

I had some social anxiety when I was younger because I wasn't surrounded by many people in my life.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

When I was 17, I was so shy I could barely speak or introduce myself to anyone.

I don't like when there's too much conversation because I'm shy and it makes me uncomfortable.

I'm not very good at talking and being with people and being gregarious and outgoing. I love people, but I have great difficulty doing it.

I blush easily. I have difficulty meeting people's eye, difficulty with public speaking, the normal afflictions of the shy, but not to a paralysing degree.

I've never been all that comfortable in real life.

I used to be terribly shy, so I was either shy or over the top, and I always had a difficult time.

My shyness probably defined the first 30 years of my life, really. It's a crippling thing. It can be very lonely knowing that you've got things to say, but you daren't say them.

I was a wallflower. I never talked to anybody. I was so afraid of people, I never said a word.

I used to be extremely shy.

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the individual.

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

I was a nervous kid, not great socially.

I was a very, very shy, insecure teenager.

I was a very shy child. I remember being in a kindergarten open house with my mother and children saying 'Hi' to me, and I still remember feeling this way - but I don't know why - but I wouldn't even say 'Hi' back. I was that shy.

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness.

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

I'm not a person that socializes very well.

I'm very shy. I wish more people believed me when I say that.

I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.

I tend to shut myself off from people. It's gotten harder and harder for me to meet new people. It takes a lot of effort to open up to them and spend time with them.