« Teen, I was particularly sure of me, option big con » – Liberation

Shy or intimidated, when their body starts to tremble, it becomes impossible for them to dominate themselves. This sickly shyness was able to start in childhood or later, following a shock, a disappointment, a failure. Body demonstrations are sometimes so disabling that for some, they modify the life course, even change professional orientation. Today, Pierre (1), 51, sound engineer in Paris, felt shyness winning him slowly, in the thirties, never to leave him again.

“I felt shyness winning me after thirty. Never before. It was even the opposite: child, then teenager, I was rather pretentious. I did music studies, and because I was at the Conservatoire with four exams per year, I learned to face the stage fright. Teen, I was particularly sure of me, a big con option. I was pretentious, because I was in the ignorance of life. In college, it was always fine: at 24, I had philosophy capes, I could work as a teacher, which I did. In front of a class, I was super comfortable, I liked it. This is a period when I managed to never dismantle myself in intellectual debates. I did it even with a certain morgue.

“Around 28 years old, I convert and become project manager in communication. Suddenly, the reality of part of this profession exceeds me. I am faced with often unpleasant customers, and where I am held responsible for all errors. M