I'm in a hole and I'm so frustrated that I feel like tearing my face off.

I have all the knowledge, the social skills, etc., but at a deep level I just CANNOT IMAGINE that a hot girl could be attracted to me, and it sucks out every ounce of motivation from me. I feel like no matter what I do, at best I can "trick" a hot girl to sleep with me through manipulation (which I do not want to do), but that no pretty girl could ever be attracted to me.

It's not even rational. It's not even that I have no reference experience. I do. I had some positive experiences with girls I considered really hot.

But it doesn't matter. No matter how rationally I think it through, how many times I tell myself that this is insanity, the feeling doesn't go away: whenever I'm in the same space as a hot girl, I just feel like a pile of steaming shit.

I know this post is very rant-y, but that's how I feel. I've done everything people told me to, I've improved in every area of life, but it didn't spill over into my confidence as a sexual being.

At this point I just don't know what I could do. I'm 31 now and I feel like with every day I'm running out of time. And I just feel like I don't even want to go on in life. If what I desire the most will forever be unattainable to me, then why even bother with anything?