I've been a member here for a while, I know the game. I know all about negs, LTRs, kino, the whole shi-bang. I'm an attractive guy and I've gotten with some amazing girls (hell, check my other thread that I made two days ago about a girl I hooked up with), but even after all of that, I still have major anxiety around women. I feel like I rely on alcohol and my looks too much and my inner game is lacking, but I'm wondering if its a deeper problem than that. I have no problems shooting the **** with a girl, but when I feel like I have to escalate things (like start kissing, etc.), I start getting anxious. I don't know what it is, even though I've isolated her and she's obviously wanting it, I start doubting myself and telling myself that I'll mess up or that she doesn't want it.
Part of that is that I feel like I have to play the alpha male and the tough guy, being 6'4 and having a lot of girls after me, but the secret is is that I don't feel like an alpha and that I'm pretty insecure with myself. Maybe because of the fact that I'm still a virgin at 19, I've never been with a woman that I've truly felt like she deserves to be my first. I feel almost as if the fact that people know I hook up with a lot of hot girls is better than the actual hookup - that status that goes along with it. I'm wondering if I naturally have low testostorone or something, that I lack that real drive to just whisk a girl off her feet and have my way with her and be the man that I always wanted to be. Don't get me wrong, I have that drive, but only when I'm alone and completely comfortable; when the time comes to do it I hesitate and I never really get in the moment.
I don't know, has anyone been in this boat before that could relate? Am I so scared by my bad history with girls when I was a kid that I'm afraid to take control or to be vulnerable to a girl? Do you guys have any advice? I'm at a loss here.
Part of that is that I feel like I have to play the alpha male and the tough guy, being 6'4 and having a lot of girls after me, but the secret is is that I don't feel like an alpha and that I'm pretty insecure with myself. Maybe because of the fact that I'm still a virgin at 19, I've never been with a woman that I've truly felt like she deserves to be my first. I feel almost as if the fact that people know I hook up with a lot of hot girls is better than the actual hookup - that status that goes along with it. I'm wondering if I naturally have low testostorone or something, that I lack that real drive to just whisk a girl off her feet and have my way with her and be the man that I always wanted to be. Don't get me wrong, I have that drive, but only when I'm alone and completely comfortable; when the time comes to do it I hesitate and I never really get in the moment.
I don't know, has anyone been in this boat before that could relate? Am I so scared by my bad history with girls when I was a kid that I'm afraid to take control or to be vulnerable to a girl? Do you guys have any advice? I'm at a loss here.