Can you ever overcome being shy?!

Can you ever overcome being shy?

I don't want to change my personalty as such, but i'd love to have more confidence in myself and not get nervous

I'm really shy aswell, but over the years my shyness has kind of gone down. 1st of all you can't care about what people think of you. If you do, you're scared to reveal your possibly lovely personality, but don't be. Try to take initiative. Talk to random people wherever you go. Talk to people who don't know you, so they'll assume you're never shy so you'll be less embarassed to talk to them, and you can practise gaining confidence on them.

I can't actually figure out how I started being more confident, but I am still shy, but i'm working on it lol. I'm really much better. I'm sure you must have a few friends you are comfortable with and not shy with, why don't you talk to other people with them by your side until you gain a little more confidence?

Take an active part in talking to people. Don't just be the answerer. Now I find myself joining into random people's conversations sometimes. Basically don't think, do. I really hope this helped.