Im really shy and its ruining my life...?

like im shy round everyone. i even have trouble really just really sayin wat i want around my friends too. and im especially shy around ppl i dont know and people who im friends wit but havent seen in a while and it could be like only 2 weeks or somethin so ya... its bad. like its so bad that if they ask me a question i sound like im lying bout the answer cuz i sound all nervous even if im tellin the truth. i hate it its ruining my life. i went through my freshmen year in high school and ive been to shy to make much friends and the ones i have made im too shy to hang out or ask em to hang out anywhere other than school cuz like im not even sure if we like real friends or if we only talk cuz we stuck together and everyone tells me im so different online or like over txt messages then i usually am cuz i find it easier to talk to ppl like that and im soooo different. i already know i dont want to be shy and dont like being shy and know my life will be so much better if i wasnt but i am and i dont know wat to do about it. i dont know how to meet people and im terrible at startin conversations and since im like this and i dont know wat ppl think bout me and dont have lots of friends i think im no fun... wat should i do to be outgoing?