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This idea of falling in love with yourself is one that floats around often and I'm not quite sure how somebody can even do that. It must be a difficult task. I'm not a supreme noob with women. I think my number being at 10 before I began delving into pick up is pretty solid. I think my biggest fault is how I cannot deal with failure well. I'm very result driven, which I understand is an issue. I know that I need to solve this problem. I just don't know how. It's ingrained in my psyche. I need to be more relaxed about game and see it as just that, a game.
I didn't see this post until now. Hopefully you've made some progress. Falling in love with yourself is something that comes naturally when you are true to yourself. For instance, if you don't like your job, but you tell yourself you do, you won't love yourself. You won't love your life. I'm not saying that you can't function or can't be happy, millions of people do it every day. But odds are that if you simply ask yourself what it is you love, what you like to do, what makes you feel good, and you engage in those things, you'll tend to like yourself and your life more. You won't have to work at it, you'll just be at peace with yourself more than anything, and when you are at peace with yourself, what goes on around you has less of an impact on you.
With that said, there will always be some things that do impact you and how you feel. You will always have things that you want, and don't get. But as you mature, you'll get better at realizing that it's ok to be disappointed about something, but that despite your disappointment, your life will go on, and you will be fine. In fact, if you are true to yourself, you'll be happy.
With regards to rejection regarding women, this basically means that you eventually realize that it's ok to be disappointed that a woman you wanted didn't end up with you. Despite that disappointment, 6 months from now, 10 years from now, there is a high probability you may not even remember her name. The deeper the feelings you truly had for her, the longer it will take. Some women you may never forget, but you'll reach a place where you are happy for the experiences you had. Partially this feeling comes from all the subsequent good feelings. It's hard to be mad at an ex wife if you are in the middle of a great new relationship, because had you not lost the last girl, or broken up with the last girl, you wouldn't be having the positive feelings you have with the new one.
Hope that makes some sense. And I hope you're making some progress on your search to solve your problem.