You sound like me, not 2 months ago.
You will get there in time, try and be strong and be a bit more outgoing than usual.
Yesterday I gave a group of people the finger because they where taking the piss out of a friend of mine, they shut up when I did that. Ive never done anything like that before, and I feel like I grew up a little then.

Doing something that you wouldent normaly do - just once, changes you. After doing it once, you find you can do it again. So when you are feeling a bit stornger than usual, do something. Ive found that thats the best way to build up my confidence, so you try it. Also, when do do something that isnt your usual behaviour, people notice it. Giving someone the finger isnt realy a big thing, but people shook my hand for doing that.

Another way to build up your confidence is to change your appearence. I wasnt that bothered about how I looked, but when I realy tryed to look good, it had a big effect on me. Thats something elce you might wanna try too.

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