Hello. I am not a femanon. Sorry if this doesn't belong here. I usually just lurk but I deperately need some guidance. I promise to lurk more after this.
I am a college student in my third year of medicine. I have always been shy around people. It's probably because I have been extremely sheltered by the parents. I have obviously never had a girlfriend. And you could say I also suffer from a type of emotional detachment spectrum where I am unable to tell what kind of relationship I have with a person or how deep it is. It is kinda like I treat an acquaintance and a close friend the same because I am essentially colour blind or only have a two dimensional vision towards the depth of relationship that I share with anyone.
Tldr I can't tell how good friends I am with someone or how superficial.
Anyways, when I got into college, I of course tried as best i could to remain within a closed circle of boys and stay away from girls because I just can't talk properly to them. Any conversation I have turns awkward and I kinda ruin my 'normal' image that everyone has for others by default. It is mostly because of my problems that I can't say relevant things and I am extremely blind and oblivious to what I sound like when I talk. I end up saying foolish or sometimes offensive things without meaning to.
But this one girl seems to be not bothered by that. I am 100% sure that she likes me. She has dropped all the hints and has been extremely obvious. She tries to get into conversations I am having with others, touches me on shoulders and chest and finds excuses to do so (I really don't mind that), And finds obviously forced ways to communicate. She suddenly becomes interested in talking to my other male friends when i start talking to them, while she isnt interested before i do. Many times she has also tried to make me jealous by having very close talks with other of my male friends in front of me. It used to work before I realised what she was doing. Now I just find it extremely flattering and endearing. I think she has also told her friends about this and they sometimes ask if I am going to be present for the clinical postings (The girl and I belong in the same unit) and ask me the reasons when I am absent. They also sometimes talk behind my back and its very obvious its about me.
She probably doesn't know that I like her a lot too and I want to get closer to her just as much or maybe even more since I have never had this experience before. And I want to experience it with just her. I just don't know how to approach her with this. Any help would be appreciated. I just don't want to lose her because of my social incompetence. Sorry for the long post and thank you for reading, if anyone did at all.