get over being shy

I’ve been shy all my life… it’s really hard to deal with sometimes. I don’t talk when I meet people, I would really like to, but I just can’t bring myself to say much. They always come to the assumption that I can’t be shy since I have pink hair, so I must just be a stuck up snob who doesn’t like them. I have pink hair because I like people to talk to me but don’t have the courage to go up and talk to them, pink hair kind of breaks the ice so I don’t have to. Anyway, what do you say? I’m a pretty boring person, I play video games and raise hedgehogs, those aren’t very helpful in conversation. >.< rawr.

I’ve come a long way since middle school. We all have ((hopefully)). But there’s still some things that are holding me back from saying what is on my mind, and meeting new people.

I don’t want to desensitize myself to the point of not caring about people’s opinions, but I don’t want to live my life walking on eggshells either…
I want to be able to walk up to anyone and make eye contact without worrying about what they think about how I look…

What to do?

i am a very shy person. i’m outgoing toward my friends, but when you first meet me, i have nothing to say. i keep my feelings to myself and i am not good at convo starters. i don’t like to talk on my phone and i have nothing to talk about.

I used to be really shy before. It took a lot of work to break outta my comfort zone and “bubble” and now I’m completely different.

I’m shy, always have been. It gets me in trouble. People think I’m mad when I’m not.. they think I’m no fun when I am.. you get the picture. I say I’m not shy but rather that I’m mysterious. One time though I would like to be extremely outgoing and not care what everyone thinks.