Nighthawk said:
If like iqqi, you aren't confident around other people, your 'self-confidence' (is there any other kind?) is low. Other people, who can handle or excel in social situations have more confidence than you.
Lol, this is so not true. I thought about it for a moment, and nope.
I have a friend, she is fvcking amazing around ppl. In every sense, I'd hire her to host my own party before I would do it myself. She's funny, always talking to random people, she can talk to ANYONE about anything without any warm ups! She laughs alot, and has it all down, she is a little social butterfly.
HOWEVER...She is one of the most unconfident people I know! She has ridiculously low self esteem.
She is constantly coming to me for advice and even simple instructions! On how to be. This is due to
my self confidence.
On the other hand, ppl who know me, tend to "catch" me being shy, and are completely surprised... then charmed, to find this out.
Shy doesn't mean that you are AFRAID of ppl, or that
you think YOU suck.
Timid, you may be, around ppl, but it doesn't always have to do with fear or self loathing/lack of self confidence. Just because you recognize a weakness doesn't make you NOT confident.
With shy people, their "weakness" is in regards to people they don't know. I honestly don't even know if I'd consider it a weakness.
I don't think other people are going to (or already do) think less of me, or that there is something wrong with me. As a matter of fact I know if I DO start talking or get to know a stranger, they will love me.
But I
don't like talking to random people about random sh!t. This makes me
shy away from strangers, or from drawing attention to myself. See how the two go together, and still leave out the whole "low self confidence" label?