At long last, I've asked my mother to sign me up for the Assertiveness Training one of my doctors told her about. I've been noticing a lot of my flaws lately, and I think that some good assertiveness training will help me out in a lot of those areas.

I've been noticing my generally submissive nature, along with some shyness that I feel during public events and during arguments or even simple chats. Even when I want to present my two cents, I feel a stronger urge to crawl into a dark corner of the room.

I think It will also help me to be proud of myself more often, and to prevent me from beating myself up so much. It may even help my famous compulsive apologizing problem.
So I want to see how it goes. Since the year is ending, I will probably take part in the lessons during the summer. Hopefully, I can get them before school starts up next year.