How do you build up your confidence again?

[Anonymous]

When I was younger, I used to be able to go up and talk to anyone, say anything and not care what they thought of me, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve become really self-conscious and have lost that confidence. I feel part of the reason I had so much confidence, though, was because at that time I was pretty suicidal and didn’t really care about anything I thought I’d just off myself in a few years, now that I care about my life, I really care about what people think of me for some reason I don't know why it would be correlated with caring about my life but to me it is.

So how do I become more confident without being like I was before?

if anyone actually reads all this thanks any advice would be greatly appreciated :)

[OlderAndWiser]

Confidence is learned from confronting your fears and discovering that the earth won't open up and swallow you. Force yourself to start doing the things you want to do, and your fears will eventually go away. . . and probably quicker than you would expect.

[CAPTAIN-OBVIOUS]

Lift some weights