First, letme start by saying I am somewhat like you. I'm 27, and work my a$$ off, and have nothing much of a social life... meeting women is not a high priority for me. alot of what you've said seems like a social anxiety disorder... it's not uncommon.
"What do you do if you are just not attractive and shy? It doesn't matter how much I try to appear more attractive, or think posatively. I just *CAN'T* talk to people. Only people I've known for a long time am I comfortable with."
first, you have to stop beating the crap out of yourself... how is any woman going to find you attractive, if YOU don't find yourself attractive... you have to start focusing on YOUR GOOD qualities... there are TONS of 'ugly' married people, so looks alone aren't keeping you single bro! its your demeanor, you additude about yourself, about your life that can and WILL draw women to you... HeII look at that singer, Seal, he hooked up with a supermodel, and HE looks like a dammed burn victim!!
Don't tell me just do it. I would have "just done" it year ago if thats all it took.
MOST people find alcohol a means to loosen up. you just need to relax, I KNOW its a hard thing to do, but go out with a group you feel comfortable with, and THEN use that as a means to interact with other people.
Don't tell me to just work on myself. I have a good job and money is not a problem. I have a nice car, etc. --- HEHEH... me too, THATS our problem... we focus on OUR lifelyhood more than our lifestyle. just remember, when you die, its better to be remembered by people than for the fact that you had a nice job and a nice car.
As a person, I'm basically a failure. I don't enjoy anything anymore. I go to work, I go home. Sometimes I will hang out with people I know, but I mostly just feel bad when I see them. I see how they have no trouble meeting people, and having fun and doing thing - I wouldn't love to be able to have even a fraction of what they have when it comes to just living life.
STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT STOP IT!!!! QUIT FOCUSING ON YOUR FAILINGS.... YOU really NEED TO STOP, dude, if you can change the way you feel about yourself, then it should be an easy step to meet new people... think about this perspective... would YOU want to hang out and even more, would you be interested in a WOMAN THAT THOUGHT THIS WAY OF HERSELF????
"What do you do?" See a doctor.....
"What do you tell a doctor?" tell him you have a social anxiety disorder. valium, amongst other things can help.
" I had a physical, but I was to embarrsed to even try to explain my depression. I'm just too ashamed and embarrsed of my myself to do anything. My whole life is this way, its always been this way." AND it will continue until YOU finally get fed up, and FU#KING do something to change it.... Sir Isaac Newton best described your situation with the fundamentals of Physics... an object at rest tends to stay at rest until another force acts upon it... thats pyhsics 101 stuff, man... but it IS UNIVERSAL>>> it is a description of ALL matter, ALL energy. TO change this negative energy, You must exert force against it, to change the course its on...
"Alot of the reason I feel this way, and the reason it just worsens as time goes on is that I can't interact with girls at all. I've never been treated in the same way that I see them treat other guys. I've never had a girl interested in me. I'm a lesser human because of this, and just feeds a viscous cycle. If a girl ever even smiled at me in passing it would be a first."
Here again, STOP IT STOP IT..... YOU acting the way you do is what is giving you this inferiority complex..... YOu think you are inferior, therefore you act inferior, and in turn the world sees you as inferior. And PART two, how many girls a day do you smile at in passing. try this simple experiment.... go to a supermarket, or even better a bar. EACH single lady you pass, make eyecontact, don't friggen stare for gods sake, but make a simple eye contact, 1-2 seconds, and gently smile while doing it. test the reaction. my results are that at minimum you should, regardless of YOUR appearance, get at least a 75-80% "smile back" result.... HeL L, I smile at EVERY single woman I see, regardless of age, regardless of anything... and it definetly changed the way women treated me... a simple smile has landed me countless dates.... women see a smile, and SOME, will even approach you. .. smile more!!which inturn, perpetuates the initial part of this, YOU are the reactive part in this WHOLE situation... TREAT yourself better, SHOW women that you have confidence in yourself, and you will see a difference in how they treat you.
I can talk to guys, and have guy friends - but with the exception of my two oldest friends from childhood who I never see anymore, I don't have much in common. They mainly want to go out and pick up girls in bars and such. So I can't really hang out with them.
" Commonality is for communisim" its better that you have differences... Hey, if I had to hang out with myself, I'd end up beating the crap out of me by the end of the first day... And, you don't want to go out with your friends, and pick up girls?!?!?! what the F. You really need to stop, and start going out there, with your friends... having them around should help bolster your confidence, and maybe, just maybe, they can help you out with this dilemma, just tell them you are uneasy in approaching women... DUDES understand Dudes, and if they are friends, they will try to help you out bro.... hel l, I don't even KNOW you, and I'm taking up my time to attempt to help you out, bro! I want you to get you some!
"Most of you, probably all of you, have no idea what this is like. Do any of you know anyone who has ever recovered from this? I just don't see the point. I'm just going to go to work and come home to be myself. Not able to sleep when I get there, and tired all day at work becase I can't sleep at night. Just doing nothing, waiting to go to work, so I can wait to go home. Over and over. Too afraid and ashamed to do anything else. Why bother."
YEs, I know, I am a recovering self abusive myself. I know what its like, I know how it goes. I know what it feels like to stay awake for hours at night staring at an emptybed... I KNOW that loneliness, I've been there. I have a ton of info I can share, and a lot of helpful advice, if you want it... the first, I would suggest, is to be open about this with your friends... it may seem hard to do, but let your male friends know, and they should be willing to help you.... "Bros before Hoes", ya know??? second, if your anxiety is that HIGH, then I suggest you get onto a medication, through your doctor, and MAKE sure that it will not interact with alcohol, that way you can go to bars, and interact socailly with your friends, and hopefully, women too. YOu also REALLY< and I mean, REALLY need to change your thoughts about yourself... think of your thoughts as being viewed by the women you are hoping to attract... would you be interested in a woman that thought about herself the way you think of yourself???
Good luck bro, I'm pulling for ya!!