I withdrew into my own little world within which I was safe. I am a silly person. I was able to do very well at the things I was good at, yet I would still spent all my time striving to do better. This doesn't make any sense. But I was a very very silly person.
Some people think of shy people as rude, unfriendly, or as snobs.
This is a very bad misunderstanding. Most shy people care a lot about other people. In my case it is because I am often so worried about saying something inappropriate, that might be misinterpreted, hurt somebody, or that I don't genuinely mean, that it takes me a long time to think precisely what I want to say and how to say it before beginning to speak. Taking time to think what to say is particularly a problem in group conversations because by the time I have figured out what I want to say, someone else has already started speaking, and the thought I had is no longer is appropriate. My communication abilities will probably greatly affect both my own life and the lives of people around me.