Accept yourself. What helped me to accept myself was the book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introverts_in_a_World_That_Can%27t_Stop_Talkin

Accept yourself. What helped me to accept myself was the book https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introverts_in_a_World_That_Can%27t_Stop_Talking https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiet:_The_Power_of_Introver... If you can accept your awkward and shy self you can on occasion also make fun of yourself. And if you have fun with yourself others might have fun with you, too. If you accept yourself others will also do ( independent of your quirks ).