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hi
Being a 21 year old virgin, loner, behind in school etc
i cant believe there is any sort of hope for me...
ive pretty much never had any friends at all, only people i talk to in college, school university ,work etc
how does it get better, i cant imagine it being any better than this
i sometimes make it out as if this disease is like terminal cancer, its gonna make me die soon. I will not spend my free time playing wow to drown out the pain anymore. I will see a doctor and if they cant help then im gonna kill myself,
tbh the only reason i am alive is because i see some hope, i wish i didint though, i wish i could just die , but you need to be brave to do that
any1 else feel tired and just want to die?
i still cannot believe that any1 here on this forum has got better by themselves, mostly its just full of pua material promoters. I cant believe any1 has gone from being a loner throughout their lives to becoming popular or even just satisfied, it doesnt make sense, how do you do it?
Don't play WoW. I used to be addicted to WoW and video games, but I found that they only isolated me. I used to think I was a loner too, but I came to learn that I was making myself a loner by choosing to stay inside playing video games, instead of making an effort to interact with others in the real world.
I lost my virginity when I was 21. Then I went 6 years without having sex again. I told myself things like "I'll never have sex again" and "I'm destined to be alone for the rest of my life." I told myself all the negative things about myself, constantly. I found a strange comfort in my self pity. Since I believed I would be alone for the rest of my life, I often wondered "what's the point in even living, then? I should just kill myself."
Then, I began to ask myself "what am I doing to make my life any better?" Certainly staying inside playing WoW wasn't helping me. I was definitely going to be alone if I didn't stop playing WoW all the time, because I wasn't going to meet any girls at my house. I wouldn't have gone 6 years without sex if I had not wasted time playing video games and spent more time going out.
But, I told myself that I didn't like going out. I didn't drink, so I had no reason to go to bars. I didn't like to dance, so why go to a club? I didn't like douchebags who act tough, or girls who are snobby, so why go out and be around those people?
I gave myself every excuse why I didn't want to go out and why I shouldn't go out. But, the truth was, I was just afraid of things that were outside my comfort zone, and so I avoided it all. I stayed inside my comfort zone, because it was familiar, it was what I knew, even though my comfort zone was extremely painful and made me want to kill myself.
Then, I got a job as a waiter, waiting tables at a TGI Friday's restaurant. Restaurants are extremely social workplaces. It's like social hour while you're at work. Everyone talks, everyone hangs out together. Servers go out after their shifts EVERY night. Servers hook up with one another constantly.
I worked there for 6 years. At first, I just talked to people while at work, but didn't associate with anyone outside of work. They always went out to bars, or clubs, or to someone's house. But, I was still telling myself I didn't like those things, so I sat at home alone playing WoW.
Then, one night, I decided I was going to go out. I was scared out of my mind, because I was leaving my comfort zone. I went to the bar where the people from my work were hanging out at. When I walked in, they were all shocked to see me, because I had never went out with them before.
At first, I felt really awkward and out of place, like I didn't belong there. All I wanted to do was get out of there and run home to my computer and play WoW. But, I stayed. I made an effort to talk to people. The longer I was there, the more comfortable I became. And I started to go out more and more. I became friends with everyone I worked with. I became comfortable going out to bars and clubs. I even began to look forward to going out!
The first time I went to a dance club, I was again terrified. I just wanted to get out of there. I wasn't a dancer, I didn't know how to dance, I had never danced before. I just sat there at a table away from the dancefloor, by myself because everyone else was dancing, and pretended to be texting on my phone. I felt like everyone in the place was looking at me and thinking what a loser I am. Then I decided to at least go stand by my friends on the dancefloor. Eventually, I got up the nerve to nod my head and tap my foot. Then gradually, as I became comfortable, I incorporated more movement. Before I knew it, I was dancing! And it was fun! I stopped caring about whether or not I could dance or if people were looking at me, and I just got caught up in the moment and enjoyed myself!
Now, I love dancing! I always want to go out and dance. I don't even drink, but I'll be the first person on the dance floor whenever I go out! ME! The guy who was a loner, anti-social, destined to be alone, wanted to kill myself... I NEVER imagined that I could be the guy enjoying himself out of the dance floor!
After a couple of years working at the restaurant, I became one of the veteran servers. The turnover rate is high in restaurants, so there is always new people coming in. Since I was friends with the people I worked with and talked to them, it kind of became "my element" and the new people who came in saw me as a cool, social guy.
An epiphany came to me one night when I was hanging out talking to a cute new hostess. We were talking, and she described herself as shy. I said "yeah, I'm really shy too." And she laughed and said "bullshit! You are NOT shy! You talk to EVERYBODY!"
When she said that, I stopped and thought about it. I realized that she was right. I was still thinking of myself as this shy loner, but in truth I was out dancing, laughing and joking with everyone, going to bars and clubs... I had become a totally different person, but I didn't even realize it until she pointed it out to me.
I had become more social, but I was still terrible with girls. I had managed to hook up with a few girls at work, because they saw me as a cool, fun guy. But, I always became needy and clingy and ruined it.
I discovered PUA after a failed relationship broke my heart, and I was desperate to find a way to get her back. I'm still not great with women, but I'm much better than I was before, and getting better every day. Every day, I try to learn and grow.
I'm also aware that nothing happened for me out of the blue. I made it happen. Everything was a choice that I made. I became more social and outgoing and made friends, but I made that happen by choosing to go out to the bar that night. I could have chosen to stay home and continue playing WoW, and I might not be alive today.
Nothing just magically happened. I had to learn it all and experience it all. I'm more social now, but I had to learn to be social. I'm better with women now, but I had to learn how to interact with women. I'm a positive thinker now, but I had to learn how to think positive.
And it's not an overnight thing, it's a process. I'm 33 now and still learning, still growing. I even sometimes still get down, but now I know I can change it. I had to learn that I am responsible for my own destiny, for everything that happens in my life. Bad things are going to happen, and everything isn't going to go the way I want it to, but I choose how I respond to those things.
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I cant believe any1 has gone from being a loner throughout their lives to becoming popular or even just satisfied, it doesnt make sense, how do you do it?
It doesn't make sense to you because you haven't experienced it, you don't know anything other than feeling like a loner. A line I love is "Does a goldfish know it's wet?" A goldfish doesn't know it's wet, because it doesn't know what it means to be dry. Wet is all a goldfish knows, so it doesn't think it is "wet," it is just "normal." Wet and dry are beyond the goldfish's comprehension. The same goes for you. You think of yourself as a "loner" and that is what is normal to you, because it's all you know. But, here is what I promise you: You ARE NOT a loner. If you were really a loner, then you would be happy being a loner. Since you aren't happy, and think about killing yourself, then it means a loner is not who you really are. It means that you have not yet discovered your true self. You are unhappy and want to kill yourself, because you are not living the life you were meant to live; you are not being the person you were meant to be.
I can also promise you this: You CAN become the person you were meant to be. But, you have to make the choice. You have to leave your comfort zone and experience new things in order to find out who you really are and what makes you happy. If it frightens you, do it anyway.
There is a lot of self-development information on this forum that can help you along your way. There is a list of self-help materials in one of the inner game forums. I strongly suggest and hope that you will read/listen to/watch those materials and make the conscious choice to turn your life around, find your true self, and want to live.
If you have questions, need help, need encouragement, whatever it may be. Just ask. Everyone on this forum is here to help one another.