It seems to me that you are afraid of giving too much of yourself. You give crumbs trying to be perfect. It seems to me that if you had a profound feeling of being wonderful, you would know that the more you give them of your wonderfulness the more they will love you for it. It is only when people don't know to the core that they are wonderful that they feel afraid to give themselves in anything larger than specks.
I guarantee you, Tick. You can give chicks a lot more interaction with you than you think. I can tell right away that you are a wonderful person. You seem scared, but also like a really honest and true person. I know that chicks already dig you for who you are. If you insist on feeding them crumbs (as I know many on this board counsel you), I sure hope they're graham cracker crumbs with chocolate bits. That's not a metaphor, it's just good food.
Izza