Hi YETD, welcome to the boards.
Your story is not an unusual one. Well, if you're 32 you probably have a bit of social experience, even if there were plenty of bad experiences there's gotta be some good in there too. I discovered GC at age 38 and I honestly wasn't THAT bad socially, just suffering an extreme lack of seduction knowledge and also basic social knowledge, like about deep diving or qualifying oneself or leaning into conversations or scanning.
Once you have the information about what to do/aim for, it's relatively easy to make changes provided you are consistently working on some aspect or other. It just takes time and practice. We call this "outer game" -- managing outside appearances and people's perceptions/impressions of you. If you are additionally suffering social anxiety (or perhaps, feelings of low self esteem/worth, etc) we call this "inner game" -- your mental outlook and attitude which indirectly (but very tangibly) affects your results socially and as a seducer. There's no exact step-by-step to fixing your inner game (as there is for outer game thanks to Chase and other authors' wonderful books, videos and articles), but we have plenty of useful techniques, and the good news is that inner game tends to fix itself as you tackle outer game and start to become a sexy-ass motherfucker and collect positive experiences (such as beautiful women worshipping your cock and trying to tie you down into a relationship so they can get more of it, haha).
The best place to start is
here. I also recommend to buy Chase's ebook "How to make girls chase" and particularly read the section on fundamentals, I spent a month upgrading my fashion and adding things like jewellery, cologne, boots, hair, joining a gym etc, before I had the balls to tackle the newbie assignment and although I would've been better off starting to approach immediately, it was still time well spent, gathered a lot of compliments from friends and family, and got my brain into seduction mode while I gathered up the balls. Although it is easy really, first days all you have to do is say "hi" and then walk away. This is the kind of thing I still do to get in the mood if I feel anxious about approaching (everyone gets it a bit).
Ray