[gusbremm]

Your post describes exactly what I have been through. For me, it went away when I built more confidence and got a few friends.

[readonthegoapp]

You took classes to build up your self-esteem, made some friends at work and/or outside of work, then you... felt better?

How did you make the friends at work, if they were at work? Did you just keep talking at them until they felt forced to respond?