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My natural personality is uninhibited and doesn't crave attention, but people downright don't like it. I can't pretend to know exactly why but I guess it's just because it's too "warm" or enthusiastic or positive or something. This "natural" personality is pretty bubbly, warm, optimistic. Think Ned Flanders. Why does everybody hate Ned Flanders? He seems like the happiest guy in Springfield, but for whatever reason people hate him for it.
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I don't know Ned Flanders, but I think I can understand your true personality. There is a difference between being warm, fun, optimistic and downright hyper. People mostly enjoy to hang out with people who have similar worldviews. And since most people are quite stuck in "reality" they are annoyed by folks running around "LIFE IS JUST AWESOMMEEE", when they are just stuck in the same **** every day.
So does this mean you can't be happy, alive and enthusiastic? No ofcourse not, but first of all you have to hang out with the right people. People who are optimistic themselves, who love life. There are plenty of these folks out there, but if you only radiate your fake personalities you will also attract people matching those fake ones. Secondly, you don't have to have a "mask", you can have your own personality but then switch between certain degrees of it.
For example: I really enjoy informal talks, having good laughs and just enjoying the things around me. But being in a business environment or around more serious folks, it's not always appropriate to shout out the best jokes and talk to everyone about how their holiday was. But that doesn't mean I can still smile and make some simple jokes in a conversation with someone. I can still talk about them in an informal way, but less obvious.
It isn't like you have to be totally THIS in one situation and THAT in an other situation. But I recognize your problem, I did have many masks before aswell. Yet after a while, when I got more selfconfident, understood myself moer and enjoyed my own presence, I started finding my true personality and just be that which I wanted to be. It's a conscious choice, and what I've found out is that people either like me or they get annoyed by me, and that's just fine with me.
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How many girls find the shy guy cute though? Even the shy girls are attracted to the jocks.
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Just as many as the number of shy girls being attracted to jocks. Plenty of girls out there who are looking for a shy, but sweet guy. But don't mistake shyness for autism! Being shy doesn't mean you can't have a normal conversation with someone, it just means you're not feeling to comfortable yet, which is all fine.