text: i'm really shy and don't know how to make friends. help!? i am extremely shy, and don't know how to make friends.  whenever i say something i imagine that people think i'm annoying, and don't like me.  i'm not willing to change the way i act around different people, so sometimes i simply don't say anythig at all.  i'm going into high school next year, so i'm afraid i won't make any friends and will be depressed. having friends is so over rated, but if you feel like you just have to have a friend, find someone who is more like you, if you enjoy reading you will find someone in the school library, public library, do you do sports? go to your school function. i was very shy in school too, i came out of my shyness, but i still just love being to myself. i still went to many parties & malls, i just went by myself. i still do!    i have watched many of my student come out of their shell!  you'll be o.k.