Due to bullying in elementary school, I can't seem to get rid of the feeling that I am just not worthy of being with women. That I am not "allowed" to want to be with them. That If I go out to meet women, I am somehow doing something that is only reserved for some men at the top of the social hierarchy.

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I know that this feeling is completely irrational, that it us just a stupid mental barrier that I need to break through, but I just find it extremely difficult.

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Has anyone else dealt with the same kind of emotions/thoughts? What did you do to overcome them?