I asked a girl to dance with me at a Latin concert in the park today and she said no. I’m 30 and haven’t done anything like this in ages, but all the same feelings I remember experiencing in my 20s started welling up. I started wondering if I had gotten fat, if I looked old, if my haircut looked stupid, if I gave off a scent she could smell that told her “This person is worthless.”
Intellectually I know these thoughts are overreactions and that rejection was common even when I was younger and had some success with women, but it’s been four hours and I’m still sitting here feeling like I’m no one.
Intellectually I know these thoughts are overreactions and that rejection was common even when I was younger and had some success with women, but it’s been four hours and I’m still sitting here feeling like I’m no one.