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In case it helps any, I thought I'd share something. When I was a teenager, especially the younger and middle teens, I was very shy. I was fine around people my parent's age, for some reason, but couldn't talk about myself with people my own age and had a really hard time making friends. At one point in high school I came back from yet another party where I had sat playing with the dog by myself all night and decided that the problem was mine. I had always blamed other people for not seeing the good stuff inside of me, but I never let anyone in and I never took a risk.
Now most of my friends would probably describe me as an extrovert. People invite me to parties because they know I'm the one to get other people talking, and I pull shy people out of their shell. It didn't happen over night. I just started talking to people and, like everyone else said, being more confident in myself. People respond to that.
Good luck. Being alone sucks when it's not your choice.
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