How to overcome shyness and boost confidence when facing different people?

This is a tricky one and don't let anyone tell u any different. Self confidence is gained from the experiences u have and how u deal with them. Try using self-conditioning ie repeat over and over to urself the desired outcome of any situation u want. This 'Mantra' will work - tell urself something often enough and u'll believe it coz it's a relative truth. U have the courage -- otherwise u wouldn't have posted this in the first place. Do watch out for others though, many people do have a hidden agenda different to the one they show u at first.

I know how you feel, I suffer and tend to spend a lot of time alone or just with my immediate family. I write self affirmations and stick them around the house e,g, I look good today, I feel happy, You can't scare me I have kids. Write lots of nice things about yourself and change them often. Always get dressed up and feel good before you go out and make a point of speaking to someone in a shop even if it's just about crisps, it gets you used to dealing with strangers. The most important thing is to be the wonderful person you are inside, who cares what someone you may never see again thinks, STOP WORRYING ..

the very first thing that you have to understand is that no one is as great as u think they are .. most people who u think are great just know how to show u they are great .. second thing .. when u present urself in front of others .. why care what they are going to think .. be urself .. try to be most comfortable to urself and forget what the others are noting in you .. if u make a mistake in speech .. just think to urself " who the hell cares " .. and carry on .. it just doesnt matter .. life is too short to feel bad about urself .. its all in ur mind .. you are what u think you are .. if u feel u need to develop urself at something .. observe urself at it .. analyse urself and think what u can do .. no one knows u better than urself .. and the most important thing is .. take it easy .. u never have anything to lose in any way anywhere .. the people who u care about mite be the least important people in ur life ..