Overcoming Anxiety with the Opposite Sex Thread: Searching for a How-To Guide
I've been going to therapy, and come to accept that I do have PTSD. And part of the diagnosis is a crippling sense of anxiety.
For the most part I can handle life. But whenever I want to speak to a single woman I get plagued by the anxiety
>Heart Palpitations
>Shortness of Breath
>Dizzy
>Shaking
It sucks. And Im desperate in two senses:
1- Desperate to not be alone anymore
2- Desperate to not be so controlled by my anxiety
I've looked in to logotherapy but cant find any solid advice for talking with women.
Can anyone help me with this?
Anyone else have approach anxiety?
>>35167280
drugs and alcohol really help
i think it's the being alone and the aspect of failure and rejection that gets you this way. I feel most alone when i'm with people who i have nothing in common with, so there's that too. so go base jumping or sky diving or something like this
would you be willing to pay money to spend time with a woman to overcome your anxiety?
>>35167325
i wouldn't pay a woman 50 cent for licking out my booty hole
>>35167304
I truly wish this was the case for me. Drugs, including benzos and weed and stims, make me even more reclusive.
Liquid courage used to work but now it just wells me up even more. Cant be shitfaced all the time. I'd like to meet a girl at a grocery store, not a bar.
>>35167318
The fear of failure and rejection is very real and dominates me. I do get your point. Its funny, theres been recent times that required me to muster courage; but never when it comes to approach anxiety. I assisted in a police investigation and found my courage. But the cute girl today at the grocery store? No dice.
>>35167325
Ive brought a prostitute before and didnt feel good afterward. I recognize that I am fearful of having sex again. I talked to my uncle about doing this and he cautioned me against doing it because I would feel worse afterward