Some of you had ideas. Carlos, also from Brazil, suggested that the student may be suffering from social anxiety disorder and should seek professional help. Carlos says the young man might need medication like antidepressants. Gina also advised the man to get professional help. She suggested talk therapy and joining a support group.
Several comments came from people who shared their own difficulty with shyness and how they overcame it. Someone from Turkey wrote about having had almost no friends at university and talking to a school therapist. She suggested joining a club at school. The student joined the chess club and made some friends that way.
Jambo from Tanzania had similar advice for the engineering student in Brazil:
Try to engage yourself in sports or clubs that make you feel strong and confident.
Jambo says he formed a soccer team at his college:
When we play I automatically find myself talking and laughing. Now all my shyness and fear have gone,
says Jambo.
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