07-22-2018, 10:41 AM
I find myself wondering if I'm aiming for a relationship with dmsi or to experience an abundance of sex with women. It feels like when I first started my journey my primary motivation was to prove I could, compensate for all the years I felt unattractive, or gain self worth from sleeping with hot women. Now that's fading and I find myself gravitating towards the idea of just experiencing it because how can you make an informed decision on something if you've never experienced it?
It does feel like resistance a bit. Telling myself all I really want is a relationship. But why the hell would I be running DMSI in the first place if that's all I wanted? There's definitely a curiosity there, a desire to experience a different kind of reality. At this point I want to see that reality manifest because I've been too complacent with my own life and the limits I've placed on myself. The "oh that's not really me so I won't try to achieve it" tactic. I've taken so many limitations and identified them as a part of my personality in the past, right now what I really want to do is see who I really am. In order to do that I have to let go of these things and stop being so withdrawn from the world.
Side note I went grocery shopping today and I had a few people stare at me. I think it's the celebrity effect, which I haven't noticed until now. But it's sort of a gaze that says "who is this person?" To be honest not entirely comfortable with it, especially given my past history of social anxiety where a lot of my thoughts when people stared at me were linked to negative dialogue about how I was weird, awkward, too quiet, ugly, etc. In general I don't think I'm all that comfortable with being high value, which is probably something I need to work on. I come from the mentality that everyone is equal and we shouldn't idolize anyone or put anyone on a pedestal. When people show me more attention or interest or show validation seeking behavior I kind of just don't want them to think that I'm better than them. In general I don't like that whole "exchange of power" principle when it comes to social interactions. I'd rather we all just be chill and have a good time and just feel good about each other. Maybe that's just fear blocking me again with excuses. But you know I've got a whole bag of tricks from my subconscious.
Also downloaded tinder again. Matched with a girl, shot her a message because in all honesty I really don't see girls messaging first on tinder. Plus I liked her so I didn't want the opportunity to slip by. She hasn't gotten back to me, but fuck it. If she never does I'm cool with it. I've been messaging tons of girls on okcupid too and not getting a response. I honestly don't expect to most the time. I consider myself reasonably attractive, but it's not like I'm in the 1%. Not really looking for advice because I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I'm literally just trying to start a conversation, but it probably just gets buried in the sea of other messages. My style isn't to learn witty lines and ways to keep a girl entertained, fuck that. I'm just going to be real and myself and that's it. Right now it's not like I'm desperate, I'm kind of just throwing myself out there to see what happens.
It does feel like resistance a bit. Telling myself all I really want is a relationship. But why the hell would I be running DMSI in the first place if that's all I wanted? There's definitely a curiosity there, a desire to experience a different kind of reality. At this point I want to see that reality manifest because I've been too complacent with my own life and the limits I've placed on myself. The "oh that's not really me so I won't try to achieve it" tactic. I've taken so many limitations and identified them as a part of my personality in the past, right now what I really want to do is see who I really am. In order to do that I have to let go of these things and stop being so withdrawn from the world.
Side note I went grocery shopping today and I had a few people stare at me. I think it's the celebrity effect, which I haven't noticed until now. But it's sort of a gaze that says "who is this person?" To be honest not entirely comfortable with it, especially given my past history of social anxiety where a lot of my thoughts when people stared at me were linked to negative dialogue about how I was weird, awkward, too quiet, ugly, etc. In general I don't think I'm all that comfortable with being high value, which is probably something I need to work on. I come from the mentality that everyone is equal and we shouldn't idolize anyone or put anyone on a pedestal. When people show me more attention or interest or show validation seeking behavior I kind of just don't want them to think that I'm better than them. In general I don't like that whole "exchange of power" principle when it comes to social interactions. I'd rather we all just be chill and have a good time and just feel good about each other. Maybe that's just fear blocking me again with excuses. But you know I've got a whole bag of tricks from my subconscious.
Also downloaded tinder again. Matched with a girl, shot her a message because in all honesty I really don't see girls messaging first on tinder. Plus I liked her so I didn't want the opportunity to slip by. She hasn't gotten back to me, but fuck it. If she never does I'm cool with it. I've been messaging tons of girls on okcupid too and not getting a response. I honestly don't expect to most the time. I consider myself reasonably attractive, but it's not like I'm in the 1%. Not really looking for advice because I don't think I'm doing anything wrong. I'm literally just trying to start a conversation, but it probably just gets buried in the sea of other messages. My style isn't to learn witty lines and ways to keep a girl entertained, fuck that. I'm just going to be real and myself and that's it. Right now it's not like I'm desperate, I'm kind of just throwing myself out there to see what happens.
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