I have very little confidence

How do people acquire confidence?

Dear Criss,
Confidence comes when you are sure about yourself, but people who are confident are not confident in all areas, which is perfectly fine. They are confident in what they know about....what they are good at....when they discover their interests they aquire the knowledge and experience and this is when they can help others.... giving them/you that confidence.
If I have experience and knowledge at being an insurance salesman, I am confident explaining to you why you should buy a certian policy etc..
If I have experience at being abused, and have made it through....I have all the confidence in the world, that I WILL help someone who is going through the same crap.
You have to pick and choose your own individual areas....understand it....and find ways to help others with it....This is confidence. When people start to question their importance is when you can lose some of that confidence....this is judging yourself which is the wrong thing to do to yourself......but thats another post. I hope this helps.
Familycoach

a lot of people do. just lift your head up high and walk with pride. you have nothing to be ashamed of. and if anyone makes you think otherwise, they're sadly mistaken

People are confident when they are secure w/ themselves but also appeal to others...be yourself but not the side of you when you are hyper.

be what you want, hyper or not, who cares what other people think and when you find people that like you for who you are they will bring up your confidence. expecially your one and only

gain confidence by doing things and getting used to them and new experiences....

i think it helps when you can see all of who you are positives and negetives and lovingly embracing them all being compfortable in your own skin i think just naturally promotes self confidence