I have an intense desire to love and take care of someone but I don't allow myself to be directly influenced by it. I repress the hell out of this drive because it's general and not specific to one person. I see this as lacking authenticity. When I meet girls I stay cold, I can't allow this inner need to influence me so I completely shut down my emotions. Girls seem confused by my attempts to get to know them ("You always try to be around me but you seem like you don't like me"). I'm not really sure what to do. I've been focusing on casual sex in order to "hold me over" till I finally meet the right person who produces genuine feelings within me but sometimes I can't even perform because it's so dull and meaningless.
I guess I kind of hate who I instinctively am for reasons that I cling to very tightly. I scared of being taken advantage of or being demeaned for my disposition. I want to have pride in my masculinity and I'm afraid of losing a chance of becoming the person I always wanted to be. Thoughts?
Get a puppy.
>>18070968
no, seriously, anon. I was the exact same way, I just needed someone or something to love that would unconditionally love me back.
Was a pretty fucked up person before then. Really. Demanded love from way too many people.
Got a dog - boom, all problems fixed. I'm not in such a great mental state compared to me a year before, completely made a 180 and now in a stable and healthy relationship. ez
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>>18070976
Yeah. In all seriousness, there's a lot of studies that show that having a pet like a car or a dog greatly reduces stress and depression and shit. Dogs especially improve a human's mental health in all sorts of ways.