I spent 4 years of high school in a shell. I was invisible, didn’t talk to anyone nor was talked to. I was not a thought in anyone’s mind there for the briefest moment. I wasn’t voluntarily anti-social, at least at first; I think it was an intimidating, “angry” look that I had in my eyes and face (due to some allergy or medical condition, I don’t know; though I am not ugly), as well as my general behaviour which seemed to repel people from me and which followed me into each classroom. Then I started avoiding people and all social interaction until it became unconscious and my normal condition. I am now going into college and so I ask, how do I “become social” — in the most basic sense possible, that is simply as opposed to anti-social? How should I act in general, what should I keep in mind so as to not repel people any longer? Or give them the impression that I’m anti-social? (I’m already working on looking less angry.) I accept the fact that I’m an introvert, that I’ll never be a master in social interaction; but how do I be just “social”? Thanks for any advice.