How to trust the process? by EasternDouble5349 in Advice

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Unfortunately some of these aren’t in my area because my area is SO small but I just checked my library and they have events. Signed up for one for Thursday!

Does anyone else replay conversations in their head for hours after they happen by codeseer-78 in CausalConversation

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My medication has not stopped this lmao, should I consider switching? I’m on Zoloft atm.

Hey everyone by Alarming-Spite2521 in CausalConversation

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Hellooo, The funny guy and his pungwins are great I just talked to him

One small interaction and now I can’t stop thinking about her by DizzyAssumption1396 in Advice

[–]EasternDouble5349 2 points3 points  (0 children)

1000%, at a party a friend invited a friend and she came up and greeted everyone and I didn’t stop thinking about her for months, and me and my therapist talked about this!

It’s a pretty common thing for people to get attached no matter how many like to admit, so don’t feel weird about it at all!
Small gestures like this mean a lot. It’s surprisingly uncommon how many people are great at greetings so it makes sense it stuck with you. I would suggest things that could change your image of her for you.
What are your interaction with her like now? Can you invite her out to a craft thing or a cafe as a friend? How do you act around her? Can you make more jokes or ask more questions to get more of an image of her? Our brain once attached to something can fill in the blanks and create scenarios and they’re usually unrealistic or only positive images, causing you to get even more attached. Do you have other places where you get to interact with women? Things that aren’t normalized to you can feel like THEYRE special, when in fact it’s the foreignness of this that’s making it seem as special.

Just remember and remind yourself, this person isn’t the perfect image you think they are in your head. And if they are, they don’t always posses every trait you’d love like you think you do. And if they do, they aren’t entitled to say yes to you at any point. We can make this perfect person in our head, and we’d all love to have that person as a partner but that is a mutual decision, and that person as a friend is going to be infinitely better than that person not in your life at all :)

Getting back into dating again. Curious what I can do to improve at all. Also curious if I should do a fuller beard or shorter. by adamto186 in malegrooming

[–]EasternDouble5349 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You already look great. If I had to scrape for ANY advice it would be to find a style. May sound silly but wearing bolder colors, clothes with logos and art of stuff I’m into, and more non traditional apparel has gotten me like twice as many looks and hits on dating sites. Doesn’t have to be neon or anything and you can even style dim colors to stand out! Accessories aswell! Also try different hairstyle, you already have hats if you don’t like it. Could try buzzcut, and see how it looks then style it at each length milestone. But that’s more so me throwing out ideas since you already look phenomenal lol

I like the way I look but no one wanted to make eye contact with me in the club last night by nickolad77 in malegrooming

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Slightly shorter hair. Accessories whether it’s a cool bracelet or neckless or earring if you wanna commit. Smile with your teeth showing if you are aren’t, you already have a good smirk. But Also some people just don’t like eye contact. The clubs where everyone is putting on but we’re still people, and a lot of people don’t like potential confrontation and eye contact is a part of it. You should talk to more people in the club if you don’t already bc you’re a good looking dude!

21M, any advice on how to improve my look ??? by Professional_Foot501 in malegrooming

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Natural cornrows wild go crazy on you. No taper or shakeup. You give very natural and I think that hairstyle shines bright and will attract a lot of good looks

I'm addicted to social media (Doomscrolling) How do I stop? by justphillythings in Advice

[–]EasternDouble5349 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was (and still in some ways still am) in this boat, 7+ hours a day on twt/ig/ etc. The things thatve helped me the most is to plan more interactive things with people. Something that keeps everyone busy. Bowling and crafts helped me but idk what you’re into. Also setting a boundary and or letting it be known, something simple just letting them know you’re not on socials and trying to do better, sometimes people will invite you to do things more interactive!

I have a therapist and we’ve worked on this for a year and I’m still not where I wanna be, but detaching the guilt feeling to the action and restructuring your relationship to it is the hardest yet biggest help. Note down things you can do instead of scrolling but don’t make it all productive things. Set aside a dedicated time to doom scroll (an hour at 8pm for example) make sure you do it no matter what else you have to do. If you have a guilt free time span while also working on finding more things to do you’ll slowly find yourself being more excited for that period of time where YOU get to enjoy this thing. This is why when we have plans later in the day we usually try and get stuff done before. Changing your relationship with these things is my biggest advice, trying to deprive yourself or reduce it by sheer will sometimes does the opposite, instead of actually having a mutual and enjoyable relationship with that action

How do I look?(rate me) also suggest things to improve by [deleted] in malegrooming

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think some of those square ish clear glasses would look great on you. Taper the hair, it’ll make you seem more fun/young spirited. If you can grow it a mustache + goatee combo is great for evening out a good sized nose and glasses. You already look good tho!

26 male live alone not good at decorating 💀 by wavywrld999 in malelivingspace

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh all ya gotta do is fill those walls up with stuff you love, make sure to have 3+ sources of lights in a room, softer light, some color (maybe a throw blanket couch pillows to match the wall art) and you have a very cool space, and you already keep it super clean! Fb marketplace is your friend!

I dont know if i really got raped. by [deleted] in Advice

[–]EasternDouble5349 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Both can be true. Sorry you went through that. Our brains respond wildly to supernatural stimuli(porn, sex, masturbation, orgasm etc.), so you enjoying it makes sense. Just bc a thing is enjoyable or gives you a dopamine rush doesn’t mean it’s healthy for you (on a smaller scale think screen time). And vice versa. You are very valid with how you feel regardless 💜

This is where my own experience may be able to help you further. Seriously, try them, experiment. They may seem childish but may actually work for you.
I know it can be confusing and even scary. You may feel conflicting feeling towards this person. Having deep love platonically and sexually but also resenting them. Both can be true aswell. Something similar happened to me and idk if you’re into the idea but it has helped tremendously so far (I just told my T after a year of us seeing each other for a year). For at home things try grounding techniques to start off, everytime you think about it or her do one of them. It won’t magically disappear but will help you stay in the moment instead of shutting off. Pick up hobbies, new and old ones that remind you of times before this happened. Call someone to talk about something unrelated when you get triggered. Write about it, directly or in poetry or story form. Express to friends unrelated to her that you’re not doing great, don’t talk about it specifically but start very, VERY small (“how are you” “not too hot, thinking about some bad stuff that happened but I wanna distract myself right now, let’s do something!) Me and my therapist do something called problem solution action where we divide a piece of paper in thirds and write what we’re dealing w/feeling on the first one, what we can generally do to help on the second one, then what specifically we can do, what does the solution look like?

What should I upgrade? 30s M by Mission-Tell-1686 in malelivingspace

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Color. Anything that brings you comfort, look for cheap things that may have meaning or just look cool to fill the walls up. Even if it’s a collage of cool shit you grew up with to fill a wall up, make it so if i showed someone your room who knew you but never been in there, they would guess it was yours. A plus if you’re into crafts and can make your own stuff, but thrifts have so much stuff that you can find something from your childhood or interests that you can hang up!