[mypalmike]

I may have overstated it. Some people are indeed going to be annoyed by a socially awkward person, sure. But by and large, the vast majority of people really are kind hearted and sympathetic. More importantly, humans are generally too self-focused to even care much at all about someone else's social awkwardness. One of the keys to confidence is to stop worrying about what people think about you. It helps knowing that most people don't really think much at all about you. But it's hard. It's not even 100% possible for most of us. But there's a positive feedback loop in letting yourself off the hook for being how you are.