Have you thought about working with a counselor through your school to see if you can come up with some solutions for this? One nice thing about college is access to all sorts of free services for stuff like this

I do think it gets harder to deal with these things as we get older. People become less forgiving about quirky behavior, in some ways. We are expected to know how to get along. I think it is awesome that you are recognizing this now and trying to work on it.

How far along do you get? I mean, do you find people you are attracted to? Do you ask people out on dates? What is your stumbling block?