Is it normal to feel super nervous to show ur talents?

I used to be like that back in highschool. I found the book "The Ultimate Secrets of Total Self-Confidence" quite good, with the exception of some parts of it where it goes mental and starts talking about gods and other supernatural crap.

I recall one incident that even now—13 years later—bugs me that I was too afraid to say anything. The bus driver of our school bus unbuckled her seatbelt mid-trip and then started trying to buckle it up again. She was yanking at it, trying to get it to extend, but because she was pulling on it so hard, the safety mechanism was kicking in and stopping the belt. I knew what was going on, but I sat put, afraid of attention. We ended up sitting on the road for about 15 minutes until a service guy arrived and gently extended the seatbelt—exactly what I wanted to do.

The lesson in the story is that if I wouldn't have been such a pussy, I would've fixed the belt, saved all of us time, and other students would've been impressed that I was so clever and fixed the issue.

Now that I got older, I don't suffer from such shyness. I don't think the whole introvert stuff is even related to this. Yes, I rather not talk to anyone and be left alone, but I don't get anxiety issues if I have to talk to someone or anything like that.

As I've said, the book I mentioned helped me make the first steps. Afterwards, I started kind of "jumping in" and getting the attention and letting my voice be heard. After several times, you get used to it, and it's not scary any more. And what I realized is that not only this "attention" isn't as bad as I imagined, but I also see that sometimes others are rather scared of the same thing as I and they're pretty impressed to see someone being unafraid to... shine. And that's when I knew I crossed the line and became one of those people who aren't shy :)

Good luck.

Being rejected is a part of life for EVERYBODY. You aren't unique there. And NOBODY likes it. So accept that you can't please all of the people all of the time and you'll be fine. I think you should totally ignore miskris, as finding another label for whatever your problem may be, sure isn't going to improve the situation any. You are already on the right track; your desire to change is the first and most important step to actually changing. Just remember, we all get rejected and yet most of us move forward; you can too. And you know what? You really don't need to concern yourself too much with what anyone else thinks about you, if you think well enough of yourself.

I hate this site. I wrote a giant reply to this and it didn't get posted ~_~

*cries*

Have you considered that you may have social anxiety? The difference between an introvert and someone who has social anxiety is that an introvert enjoys spending time by themselves and do not feel left out, but rather charged when alone. Social situations are fun for them, but also draining. Someone with social anxiety feels a lot of pressure to be accepted by those around them and tend to be self conscious.