When we talk about shy people, we are talking about unsociable people who are paralyzed by their fears in front of others. Many of them think that they will never be able to overcome their shyness and that is why they look for remedies that help them to be more sociable. Alcohol is one of those false friends for shyness with which we must be very careful.
Alcohol to overcome shyness: solution or error?
- If you are a shy person, by now you will have discovered the magic trick of alcohol to show yourself as a confident, likeable, funny, witty and very spontaneous person. With alcohol you become precisely the person you want to be, without A, without insecurities and without worrying about what others may think of you. It seems that we are facing the elixir against shyness, right?
- Indeed, one of the properties of alcohol is that it disinhibits, which can be very helpful when it comes to forgetting about shyness. But all that glitters are not gold because alcohol also has many negative consequences, the least of which is that embarrassment the next morning when you wonder how you could have behaved like that.
- Alcohol, like other drugs, is addictive. And if you turn to alcohol as an ally in your fight against shyness, chances are you’ll end up turning to it all the time. Alcohol abuse problems are well known and affect all areas of life with far worse consequences than shyness itself.
- It also doesn’t seem like a good idea to try to stop being shy by drinking, since you would only be temporarily hiding your character trait. Alcohol does not make you shy, it just creates the illusion and momentary effect that you are not shy. Because the only way to overcome shyness once and for all is at the cost of your personal development, improving your self-esteem, gaining confidence in yourself and practicing your social skills.