You only feel that way because you've never pushed yourself past it, if you work up the guts to just go up to a girl/guy you like and start talking, even if you end up messing up somehow, it'll just keep getting easier to do.
Socialize yourself to outgoing guys ,hang out with active ones they would influence you well and good.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.