Yes.
Assuming we’re using the traditional measures of success, such as income, job title, expensive home and car.
Your personality doesn’t sound strange at all.
I’ve heard the advice to:
“Fake It Till You Make It.”
If you had one specific behavior to change, I suppose you could use a hypnotherapist.
Read Susan Cain’s book, Quiet.
She explains why introversion is to be celebrated not despised and how the world has benefited from many introverted geniuses and why they are…
I’m a classic over-thinker myself.
When we overthink, it’s usually about something negative, a projected future scenario.
Breathing exercises and meditation are good suggestions, and of course quite related. Most meditation involves focusing on the breath.
Most people get shyness and introversion mixed up.
Here’s a clip from Susan Cain’s website.
Bill Gates is quiet and bookish, but apparently unfazed by others’ opinions of him: he’s an introvert, but not shy.