I've always been really really shy. Over the weekend I while at work my co-workers and I were having a conversation about what we all thought about each other when we first got there and what people think about us now. They all unanimously said that i was shy but once i opened up to them, they didn't see a reason for me to be shy because i was very outgoing. My thing is, i've been like this my whole life. When at a party, if i dont know a few people there, i'm not oging to be there or if i am, i'm going to be off somewhere by myself. sometimes i even think if it as being a illness. its has prevented me from a lot of things in life and its time to have it stop. the number one thing being women. i always bitch up around women esp pretty ones and esp ones that i like. every female friend of mine tells me the same thing almost...they can either say a yes or a no and if I just dont be shy, then 9 out of 10 i'll get a yes but it. i recently got a new puppy (English Bulldog) and now my shyness has escalated FAR BEYOND what it was before because everytime i go out, someone runs up to me and starts talking to me and i feel embarrassed or anxious i dunno its weird. behind a computer screen i can be confident but then when i'm in front of someone its different...