I've been doing lots and lots of introspection recently and I've realized that most of what you all have told me has been true.
I've struggled miserably in dating because I just haven't been myself with women. When it comes to making friends- I'm super chill, confident, I'm not desperate at all, I don't care because I already have a million friends. As an end result, I make friends everywhere I go. With women, I'm the polar opposite - I want it so badly that I come across as desperate or I'm scared to initiate at all. I'm just not able to get to know women while being completely outcome independent
I think my problem has been that I don't subsconsciously feel that I really deserve someone in my league so I'm trying to make something happen (which makes me come across as desperate). If I believed 100% that I deserve to have an attractive girlfriend, I would automatically expect women to love me so I wouldn't come across as desperate. I need to convince myself that dating is nowhere near as difficult as I thought it was.
I've struggled miserably in dating because I just haven't been myself with women. When it comes to making friends- I'm super chill, confident, I'm not desperate at all, I don't care because I already have a million friends. As an end result, I make friends everywhere I go. With women, I'm the polar opposite - I want it so badly that I come across as desperate or I'm scared to initiate at all. I'm just not able to get to know women while being completely outcome independent
I think my problem has been that I don't subsconsciously feel that I really deserve someone in my league so I'm trying to make something happen (which makes me come across as desperate). If I believed 100% that I deserve to have an attractive girlfriend, I would automatically expect women to love me so I wouldn't come across as desperate. I need to convince myself that dating is nowhere near as difficult as I thought it was.