I thought that this was a very good article about shyness and lonliness so worth a read and hopefully someone can use it to their benefit and learn how to progress to more friends and social life (hopefully TSR will let me post it);
(If you come across a pay barrier just (a) Click the "X" on middle right of page and/or (b) Click the "I'll do it later" and then can read whole article/newspaper. AND keep scrolling down past adverts as the article goes on for while.