[quote]pushharder wrote:
[quote]Bauber wrote:
[quote]orion wrote:
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[quote]Powerpuff wrote:
Spock - You are adorable, and you have a cute personality and sense of humor to boot. A lot of the things you think about yourself are turned upside down.
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X3. If you were not a thousand miles away, I would definitely take you out on a date and wear my TMNT shirt. Just saying.[/quote]
X4. Home run. Out of the park.
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Thank you.
<---------- Apparently rocks at giving a boat load of unsolicited advice to people I barely know on the internet. I’m pretty sure this is something I should not brag about. 
Spock, look at how many people responded to this thread. And look at how many people like to read your log. You come off as cute, and quirky, and some of your self-deprecating humor and honesty make you sound very sweet and likeable. And yes, neurotic as hell. 
You’ve heard some of this stuff from me before. For people with extreme shyness or social anxiety, there’s often a lot of skewed perceptions in the way they view themselves, or in the way they think others view them. Figuring out how to get that personality of yours to come out in your real life shouldn’t be so hard. It’s already there.
A lot of people have given you good advice about trying to get out there in places where you can meet people. My friend who wears a prosthesis because she lost a leg to childhood bone cancer just met her fiance in-----get this----a rock climbing class. Yeah, I think she blew him away with her courage. Lots of people meet someone in a church group for singles, and so forth. Getting out there where you are forcing yourself to be in social situations.
There are probably even youtube videos on coping with shyness or social anxiety. Start learning everything you can, and tackle it. Develop a plan. I recall Jake recently had a thread about how he was trying to meet women. Here’s a handsome guy with a Ph.D. and a great job, and struggling with some similar issues, and he’s dealing with it instead of hoping it will just somehow go away on it’s own. Be that girl.
About skewed perceptions -
Being short - It’s almost NEVER a deal for women. I’ll bet there isn’t a man on here who wouldn’t date a petite chick who was cute and super nice.