Hello new to the site. I'm currently going to college and haven't had any luck yet. I have problems with anxiety around people, especially women. I was made fun of a lot when I was younger because I was goofy looking as a kid. Every time I used to talk to a girl I liked she acted like I was contaminated or something and made me feel like complete trash.

Now that I've grown out of my goofy looking phase a lot of girls actually find me attractive. I can even hear them talking about me sometimes. The problem is I never actually learned how to interact with women because I was so discouraged growing up. I don't know how this stuff works and have a hard time understanding how girls don't think that it's creepy for a random guy to start talking to her. I'm terrified of rejection because it brought me so much pain back in the day.

I've got it set in my mind that I'm going to learn to do this even though I'm terrified. I've been completely avoiding 50 percent of the population my whole life. I look forward to reading everyone's posts and I will be posting and asking for constructive criticism.