Chris,

I logged in to say I suffer from exactly this, but started having real problems a few years ago after college. I could do the whole communication thing up until I was somewhat bullied or felt like I was being made fun of because I couldn't express my anger for a friend who was being cruel. Now I think everyone is either staring me down or making fun of me half the time, and I'm finding it difficult to overcome. This has caused me to have similar issues with eye contact and flat out feeling rejected and not wanting to seek people out. I'm not sure how to overcome all these things, especially when I don't really want to be around people half the time. How are you getting better?