Locster, keep this in mind when you're just putting yourself out there (which I strongly believe is important for self development and experience).
Most likely you'll feel like crap if you actually manage to bring yourself to just get 'out there'. It's like being a fish out of water. Here's where how you look at all that experience becomes important. If you see it all as some sort of mistake, that you regret doing it in the first place, that you were better off before you did it, then you're in trouble. I can't tell you what makes a person view their uncomfortable experiences more positively than others. Maybe an analytical mind is necessary. Or maybe you have to be so lifeless that even an uncomfortable experience is better than what you had.
Oh, and to recap you intial post, your self-esteem has nothing to do with getting the women you want. Some guys with better self-esteem still don't get the women they want. Some guys with tremendous self-esteem still don't get the women they want. Getting the woman you want is determined by your standards, whether you actually communicated with that woman, and whether you and her 'connect' at that particular point in time or at any other point in time.
Most likely you'll feel like crap if you actually manage to bring yourself to just get 'out there'. It's like being a fish out of water. Here's where how you look at all that experience becomes important. If you see it all as some sort of mistake, that you regret doing it in the first place, that you were better off before you did it, then you're in trouble. I can't tell you what makes a person view their uncomfortable experiences more positively than others. Maybe an analytical mind is necessary. Or maybe you have to be so lifeless that even an uncomfortable experience is better than what you had.
Oh, and to recap you intial post, your self-esteem has nothing to do with getting the women you want. Some guys with better self-esteem still don't get the women they want. Some guys with tremendous self-esteem still don't get the women they want. Getting the woman you want is determined by your standards, whether you actually communicated with that woman, and whether you and her 'connect' at that particular point in time or at any other point in time.