Age Quote by Albert Ellis

When I was younger, I was very scared to talk to people. To the point where my parents took me to a therapist because…

— Harry Shum, Jr

When I was younger, I barely talked. I was scared of people. I had to learn how to cultivate that confidence.

— Tiffany Haddish

Therapy can help you grow. Fears will just disappear.

— Stephanie Mills

I've always been very shy and sheltered; I think it was a good way of starting to communicate with people. I was taught as…

— Sigourney Weaver

I used to be incredibly afraid of public speaking. I started with five people, then I'd speak to 10 people. I made it up…

— Robin S. Sharma

You know I think that going into therapy is a very positive thing, and talking about it is really helpful, because the more you…

— Fran Drescher

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

— Vanessa Hudgens

I was extremely shy and had a terrible fear of public speaking. But I had fallen in love with stand-up.

— Kumail Nanjiani

If your fear is talking to people, then go out and talk to people. You will find it just keeps getting easier and there's…

— Blake Roney

“In more than a decade of psychotherapy practice, I have met thousands of people who refer to themselves as “shy.” Often, these people believe…

— Jonathan Berent

I'm a big proponent of therapy. It helped me in my thirties develop tools to cope, change my perspective and get a handle on…

— Alisyn Camerota

I was a painfully shy, awkward kid, with low self-esteem and almost no social skills. Online, I didn't have a problem talking to people…

— Ernest Cline