[ButterfliPrincess11]

Hey PC fam. I hope everyone is doing great today. I'm needing some advice. I believe i am in the right section.

I am a very shy person. I speak around those i am comfortable with. If i don't know you, i have to warm up to u before i can talk. Well, today i am feeling down today. See, I don't talk much because i feel that it comes out wrong or folks won't be able to understand what i am trying to say. For instance, when i say something or comment on a subject, folks tend to either look at me funny like u shouldn't say anything or have something sacrastic to say. Even when i try to tell folks what i know to be the truth, they act like they know the truth or try to prove their case of being the truth. Even when it is in joking mode, i try not to take offense but what i saying wasnt meant to be joking. When this happens, i freeze up because it is an uncomfortable feeling and i wont say anything else. I shut down. Its like i get upset and it takes a while for me to speak again. Folks tend to think that i mad or ask me if i am okay. I always tell them: i'll be alright. i'm okay. Even tho, my feelings are hurt a bit. I rather not say anything to anybody because it makes me feel like i said something wrong. I not saying much to anybody today unless they speak to me. I'm trying not to be this way but it is hard. this is the only way i know how to deal with it. Any advice on how to not to take it to heart because i'm tired of feeling this way?

[lonely and scared]

It isn't easy to deal with shyness. I have the exact same feeling, like you need to feel comfortable with them so you can act like yourself. There isn't a sure thing to get over it and be like others, you just need to start (putting your foot in the water) start being you round people you have just meet.
I wouldn't worry about what people may say when you comment on things, because if you do then you will always worry and will hold your tongue. And you shouldn't be kept from what you want to say.
I hope this has helped.