I'm not sure this would be helpful to others here, unless panic disorder (or at the very least, strong anxiety) is part of the "awkwardness". But in my case, I'd been raised with so much abuse, which included many admonitions (threats, really) to "act right" outside the family home, or else. I wasn't allowed to "feel shy" then, & later in life after even worse trauma, I developed what was diagnosed as agoraphobia. Talk about social anxiety!

After too many years, I just happened to read a magazine article about actors with stage fright being given prescriptions for a beta blocker (anti-high-blood-pressure medicine) called propranolol. Even though I've always had low blood pressure, my doctor didn't mind prescribing it for me as long as I only took it occasionally when I knew I'd be in a situation that would be difficult, to say the least, for me. Amazingly, it worked! I still felt "odd" around many people, but was able to emotionally discern that my own feelings were legitimate, which I couldn't do on my own.

So, for what it's worth, for anybody here whose social awkwardness goes beyong mere discomfort, maybe you could ask your doctor about propranolol or some other beta blocker?