Quote Originally Posted by 2600HERTZ
I as an early teen, forced myself into social situations with both genders, this exposed my strengths and weaknesses and so I became confident in both. I also joined a gym and have been a weightlifter for quite some time. Dressing nicely, and talking to yourself(strictly in your head) and saying positive thigns about yourself as wella s negative is a good thing. Focus on the positive but don't be scared of the negative(embrace the negative sides, and you will be at your best at all times.)

There are no bad experiences or mistakes. These are all opportunities to improve your art.
best post so far, building up and dressing nice can give you self confidence, whilst getting into as many social interactions as possible will as well, literally become super social and practice your small talk etc, im in your position but younger, this is what im doing. also reading some interesting books about increasing confidence these have good techniques in them that may also be found on the web, stop saying any negative things about yourself in your head as well, smile and keep your head up.