ok this sounds really really stupid but it has bugged me for a while.
i think i appear too cold and distant to others... in school i often perform and have the reputation of being the person who is "really good at playing guitar". however, everytime someone comes up to me and says something good about my playing, i don't know how to respond. in the previous times, i either just said "thanks" and turned away cos i didnt want to make eye contact with the person giving me the compliment (creating an awkward silence), or i would try to say something back, which never works out naturally... (i always sound too fake when i respond to compliments...for example i would say "oh no...i was actually really scared" even if i wasn't, just attempting to say something back to the person praising me)
help!!! how am i supposed to react in this kind of situation, without sounding too artificial and insincere?