Any psychologist tells us that confidence is built in childhood. We know that there are two formative times for this after which it is almost impossible to change the plasticity of the brain and therefore the self. We can learn new skills and develop this through training, however the core of confidence and self image is in childhood. We can work on confidence but the impact of the growing person in childhood from caregivers is the one key indicator of confidence in adulthood… So having suportive people around you is imperative if you did not have in childhood…