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Whats ur opinion? or advice

Postby Cristian » Sun May 18, 2014 12:47 pm

Hello, my name is ... not important it seems but hope that what i will say next will be.
I got alot of issues ... alot being an understatment in my opinion, but i could be wrong, i will let you decide after reading the whole thing.
OK here it goes: I am a 25 year old guy that didnt had any relationships till now. Yea i know weird right? you would think any retard can find some kind of love or affection from a girl atleast once, know what? i couldnt .
I do not consider myself to be ugly ... realisticly speaking , compared to some chimpmunks i saw havin some gorgeous girlfriends, but yea ( i'll let u know from now that "but" will be a keyword in this post) im not the prettiest flower in the garden so to speak.
First order of the day : LACK OF CONFIDENCE this is my number 1 problem, i think, and it seems im lackin it more and more as the days pass I know its not correct to start a sentence with "but", BUT this problem... *lack of confidence" doesn't roll alone it seems, it has a few friends "fear of rejection" and the more twisted "i dont care mask" that stores inside me every dark emotion i ever had. (don't know if its crushing me inside but ill get to that). lol remembered 1 more as i was typin lower in the page... yea its important ... i tend to "fall inlove" or atleast develop feeling for pretty much everything that shows me more then 10 minutes of importance.
Ok, i will try to give some details about each problem individualy but ofc its like a loophole and eventualy ull see them interacting as 1.
As u pretty much noticed till now i am shy... so as u imagine found it a pain to find my balls and go tell my first real crush that i like her... Failed.. took me 1 whole year to do it ... by the time i decided that i will tell her 100% of my classmates knew that i was droolin over her, includin herself... so ya went to her told her "my problem" the answer was kinda to be expected but it seemed like she lied a little .. " i like u .. i know u you like me a lot, i had a crush on you for like 3 months saw u didnt make a move ...so i moved on" a? sounds legit ? i will let you decide that.
Why my first crush was a classmate you ask? fear of rejection, thats wai.. To be honest never happened to fall in love with a girl that i saw for the first time.. naa IM NOT KIND OF GUY heh... and if it did happen, just sayin.. donno got a pretty bad memory .. i would always try to interact with them... cause yea i i find it kinda inapropriate to go to a girl that i've just met and tell her " hey i find u very atractive and funny , lets go out sometime".. wont happen.... if i think about it doesnt seem so hard.... but it is. (spoiler alert. new issue comin in)
A big round of applausse for ... our all star.... the Friendship appears.. yea who would had guessed... You wouldnt believe how well i interact with girls... on a friendship level.. its a thing i have, i think, for some weird reason girls find me thrustworthy and have a high level of confidence, discussing all their problems with me...and this has 2 sides. its awesome that they trust me enough to talk all this things .. and believe me ... heard some weird things BUT this never leads to me ending up with any of this girls... it seems have a secret code or something that bans them from dating people that know how they feel. I would had guessed thats the other way around .. would be easier to build a relationship after we discussed our issues right? but meeh what do i know .. im the 1 with the issues. So yea every girl that i get a crush on ends up being a good friend " i like you very much .. got feelings for you but i dont want to ruin our friendship and what a beatiful friendship we have" ( kinda exagerated with the last part but hey.... w/e more drama )yea yea i know some other sweetbullcrap for "you're weird dont want to have anythin to do with you. Now a new "dude comes to scene"... i start to detach myself from that person.. slowly slowly... i don't go all the way... HOPE enteres the room... My twisted brain catches some faded signals ... it seems .. imo pure imagination.. that my "friend" shows signs of affection.. and the loophole starts again... till things go cold ( it eventualy happens everytime... i crush the bridge) and i end up alone yet again.
Moving on... "fear of rejection" or paranoia. After failing 2-3 times in gettin a girl to have a relationship with me paranoia appeared. Lets say i find a girl...she is awesome ... cute funny smart... she could be flirting with me like crazy and i wouldnt notice (yea i know lol ... but you would be surprised how many times it happened to me) or i notice but won't do anything.. .. "what if it's just me ... neah she can't be interested in a douche like me (hello lack of confidence.. nice that you could attend) " or even weirder " she is playing with me ...just having a laugh.. playing with my feelings ( which if i would give this thought just 1 sec i would realize how retarded it sounds...or does it???)
Lets talk a little about how fast i "fall inlove"... K from my perspective .. this issue is a byproduct of the earlier mentioned issues + another twisted thing ( said "but" will be the key word... but hey don't blame me .. it's not like have a checklist to confront ... writing as it comes). Seems im especially atracted to girls that have the same problem ... more or less.. yea imet girlsthat have bigger issues then me .. and no it didn't go well.
Bet you are thinking "Dang dude ur on a whole new level of cucu" and you are prolly right. Itrovertite meets introvertite... lets see how this will go. This thing happened recently 7-8 months ago ... and its happening all over again now with a different girl. Usually starts simple (ooh at this point i should mention that more then 40% of the confiding happens on the webchat/phone calls or sms....(surprised any1? doubt it)... talkin little things but as the discussion evolves we start talkin about everything ... in the most cases they talk i just aprove and say my point of view. SO most of the barriers are down we talk freely about anything ...and that turns on the " i think i'm into this girl" alert and with small steps... ninja style i try to see if she shares the same feelings. (small baby turtle steps). Now it becomes interesting ... i will start going back and foward if i should tell her how i feel or i should wait a little more maybe ill see a sign... (yea right) but meanwhile i do something .... i will try to help this girl find her selfconfidence.... get her out of her shell... make her interact more with people .. probably has to do with the fact that i want to be helped aswell... so im thinkin that if i try to help her maybe some1 will do the same for me ...(never happened) + i hope that maybe she will loosen up and will tell me "dude i like you" ( never happened ) well it did happen but lol .. take a sit ... i hit the wall once again, IF I'M NOT INTO YOU, I CAN'T SEE YOU..... yea soo weird as it seems some actualy girls had a crush on me ... or so i heard... but as i mention earlier never done anythin about it.
Think i should talk about the emotions builiding inside of me . As u noticed i'm very bad at expressing myself so i store everythin inside me but as i mentioned in the first lines doesn't "seem" to affect me too much... I developed a awesome shield.... its set on auto defense... don't have control over it. I started not caring .. most likely it's just a big fat lie that i created but whatever ... works.... more or less... I don't care if u hit me in the face, beat the crap out of me ... call me names or any other thing that goes in this category... and started to be a dick.... with who u may ask? with the ppl close to me (thats a short list) but fortunaly enough they get it... and still stick around for the show.. donno maybe they except some big fireworks at the end and who knows maybe there will be some. BUT if i get ignored .. dang dude my world implodes ( attention whore much? yea) .
OK i think i summarized most of the problems .. atleast the ones that i ment to discuss.
What do i expect now? Guidance... Walkthrough i imagine there must be some1 that is qualified to show me how to (hmm wanted to say "improve" but can't improve somethin that doesnt exist (reffering to selfconfidence) ) deal with this issues and hopefully supress them or atleast use them in my advantage OR atleast to tell me dang ur too ###$ up no chance for ya
Now lets start with the apologies.
1 english is not my spoken language so don't criticize my grammar or the way i express myself .. i think if you want to understand what i wrote you will understand.
2 I know there will be alot of negative feed from some of you ... yea i like to make fun of some1 elses problem as much as you do.. and im fine with that .. i dont care what you say.. if it makes you feel better then say it :).
3 Maybe i started an idea and i didnt finish it .. changed the subject lol... hmm i shoul read the post all over again and check that out.... but i wont .. most likely i will cut/delete things from it and i dont want to.
4 Its the first time i do this thing .. never did i put my thoughts and feelings on a "piece of paper" not to mention to let the whole internet know about them... but i think this is the last resort ... and wont affect my paranoia status too much knowin that i wont post it under my real info.
Thats all... atleast for now ..Have a nice day and let it rain with useful replies
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Re: Whats ur opinion? or advice

Postby PinkFreud » Thu May 22, 2014 3:36 pm

Wow, okay.

I apologise for how fragmented my response may be, it's just you wrote an awful lot! Which isn't a problem at all, in fact if anything it's more of a challenge, because I have a tendency to write a lot too. And considering English isn't your first language, you are very affluent. So yeah, well done on that!

Ahem:
So I have to keep reading through to catch the main issues, I apologise if I miss anything out, I'm not a machine!
1) Lack of confidence and introversion.
2) Fear of rejection and personal insecurity.
3) Not being able to form a romantic relationship.
4) Falling in love quickly.
5) Building up emotion.
Roughly, I think your issues are all concentrated in the same category, which is good, because once you deal with the main underlying issue within that category, the overall problem will improve rapidly.

(At this point I would like to apologise in advance for 'getting all psychological', I'm a trained psychologist, and do have a tendency to use psychological jargon. If you need me to reword any of my mumbo jumbo I will happily do so.)

So typically, the first thing to ask is why do you have this confidence issue?
It is easy to say it is because of this problem. You have not had the experiences you want, and you seem to be unsuccessful no matter what you try. You have been let down in the past by girls, and as a result have taken this as a reflection of your own worth. There may be other issues besides this, and I'm afraid I have to ask (you don't have to answer, just consider it), could there be any childhood or past experiences that have made you into an introverted or submissive person? (Again, sorry for asking the typical psychology question.)
Anyway, what you need to emphasise to yourself, is that rejection is normal, regardless of whether you have the looks of James Dean, the charm of Casanova, the reputation of James Bond or the intelligence of Albert Einstein. Therefore, when you were rejected in the past do not think of this as an insult. What people tend to do is create negative and unhealthy thoughts, for example:
'I really cared for her, but she doesn't feel the same.
It must be because I'm not attractive enough for her. I'm not clever enough. I should have known! She's way out of my league. I feel like such a loser, why would anyone want me? I bet no one wants me.'
However, this is the wrong way to think. Using cognitive behavioural therapy, you can transform unhealthy negative thoughts into healthy negative thoughts. For instance:
'I really cared for her, but she doesn't feel the same.
That's too bad. But at least now I know the truth. And I guess, just because she doesn't like me in a romantic way, doesn't mean other girls will feel the same. I think I'll just pick myself up, because I should be proud that I was brave enough to ask.'
If you used this technique on all your negative thoughts, life will get a lot easier. It basically works on a rational level. So, when you have one of those days when something mega embarrassing happens, I don't know, let's say you realise upon getting home the zip on your trousers has been open all day and your dignity has been on show for all to see, instead of thinking 'THE WORLD IS GOING TO END. HOW EMBARRASSING. I SAW LOADS OF PEOPLE I KNOW, AND THEY MUST HAVE SEEN. I probably looked like a right idiot! What am I going to do?! I'll NEVER live it down! Oh the shame!'
Instead think, 'okay. That was embarrassing, but hey- people have their own issues, and who is realistically sad enough to care about a little thing like that. I'll just get on with life and stop dwelling on something that may be irrelevant anyway.'
Looking over the points I listed at the top of this post, I think generally, they have been covered simply by addressing the confidence issue.
Things such as, falling in love easily or being unable to form a romantic relationship, are not faults as such.
Falling in love easily is just a personal characteristic, it's not a flaw. I mean you could be someone who never falls in love, I'm sure that have its disadvantages too. And the romantic relationship issue, is also just a phase.
You know how people say certain animals can sense fear? Like some sort of sixth sense.
Well women have that sense too. But instead of fear it is confidence.
Some women think confidence is crucial in a partner, whereas others don't put it as a priority. But at the end of the day, confidence just tells a potential partner that you love yourself. (Without being an arrogant narcissist, because nobody appreciates narcissism. Well, apart from the narcissist.)
If you don't love yourself, how do you expect other people to?
It might be useful to consider your good points, because in that whole paragraph you didn't really mention your good qualities. And from reading it, it is clear you are honest, trustworthy and very modest. All of which women love.
Everyone wants to be wanted, and it isn't just you who has these confidence and relationship problems. What you need to get across is that you are someone who can be confident in themselves, because nothing is as attractive as confidence. And that is fact. (Kinda)
If you have close female friends, it may be beneficial to talk to them about your female problems. Not in a suggestive 'Oh I'm so lonely...if only you would go out with me' way, but in a productive, 'why do you think I'm having problems with getting into a serious relationship?'
It may be good just to hear what they have to say, and to see if they have any suggestions to a) Boost you confidence and b) Get you a girlfriend!

Overall, I can make a promise, there is nothing wrong with you. At all.
Your biggest issue is you loving yourself, and having confidence in yourself.
Sort that out first, and the ladies will come running. (To you, not from you obviously)

Good luck, and if you need a chat, I'd be happy to help.
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