Kramer got me on this stuff! We're gonna be gods among men, Jerry!

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
      hexagon
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      2 years ago

      It's definitely voluntary for me, it is definitely not that I am not so crippled by social anxiety I am unable to approach a woman and only learned how to stop despising every aspect of myself like a month ago, no sir

      • SoyViking [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Have you tried preserving your vital essences? Cumming will give you social anxiety for two months.

        Jokes aside, desiring relationships, including sexual ones, but being unable to form them because of mental health sucks. I went through the same and know how miserable and lonely it can be.

        • FourteenEyes [he/him]
          hexagon
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          2 years ago

          Clawing my way up out of the fucking dirt and finding things to like about myself and also any sort of hope for the future has been hard, but getting lots of applause from drunk college girls at karaoke helps with the self-esteem now

          I still have a long way to go and it feels incredibly unfair that being inexperienced is seen as a red flag by lots of people, but growth is growth and I figure I wouldn't want to be with someone so shallow they'd blow me off for having been isolated for so long anyway

          • SoyViking [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            I'm happy that you feel you are making progress, even though it is slow. The best advice I can give is to seek professional therapy. I waited for way too long because it felt scary but it really helps to get a systematic explanation for the feelings you have.

            • FourteenEyes [he/him]
              hexagon
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              2 years ago

              Been in professional therapy for decades on and off (because it's fuckong expensive) and only recently tried a new approach, seeking an ADHD specialist and, since the start of the year, social skills group coaching via Zoom. Both have helped immensely but probably wouldn't have helped at all without years of prior therapy for dealing with my depression.

              Severe childhood neglect paired with severe ADHD and depression have been pretty toxic for me and I'm seeing things in a new way recently, but I've been incredibly miserable for the bulk of my 36 years and was suicidal for a very long time. But something makes me keep going and wanting to do better and wanting to help other people so they don't have to go through what I did. I didn't fucking ask to be here, haven't enjoyed it so far, but I'm stuck on this planet with these assholes. Might as well make the most of it, and the most of myself.