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Here is some background information I have been socially isolated for years. As I slowing talk to people more I get scared...that everyone is pretending to like me and they actually hate me. Would of they just leave me alone? Should I live in the woods? Would if they hurt me?
You can't have pleasure without pain, blah, blah, blah, blah. You aren't living life if you are that afraid of everything. You are merely existing.
Most people stop associating with people they hate, they don't pretend to like them?
No casual acquaintance has any energy to waste on faking things with you. Really, you are not that important to them. So stop thinking everybody you meet likes you or hates you; let them get to know you and see which way it goes. I think you'd be pleasantly surprised, if you'd just give them a chance.
Or run away to the hills and waste the one and only life you are going to get.
Thats a normal feeling, but progress is progress no matter how small, keep at it.
Learn to love and accept yourself, when you do this, you won't be bother by what people think of you. If they like you they like you. If they hate you, thats good. Not everyone is gonna like you, thats normal. You cannot please everyone. Don't try to please everyone, youre only setting yourself up for disappointment.
So be patient with yourself, youve been isolated, it will take time to reconnect.
Lighten up!
You don't have to worry. I know it's really hard to see, but people don't hate you, they're not playing with your emotions. It is you doing it to yourself. No worries! You'll be alright if you can learn to think less emotionally and more rationally. I hope this helps.