Early last month my girlfriend broke up with me. She told me she didn't love me back. harsh. Before we dated I was on fire. I could pick up any girl I wanted, talking to them came natural, and most importantly, if one decided to not text back it didn't bother me one bit because it was her loss.

But ever since I was dumped I feel so insecure and helpless and awkward. It's high school all over again. It's as if everything that I built toward becoming my better self was swiped away to reveal that lonely kid again.

I'm awkward in talking to women and I suck at approaching them all of a sudden. I'm a handsome guy why is this fucking happening.

But that's not the worst of it. Rejection feels like a deep pain in my chest that won't go away. It's giving me unbearable anxiety and I don't know how to fix it.

It's caused me to blow it with a girl that had a lot of potential, she was beautiful, funny, smart and we shared an infinite amount of things in common. And because of this bullshit I have wrong with me I fucked it all up.

Please refrain from seeking doctor advise or whatever, I would just really like to hear some other stories like this that might have a happy ending, because I don't see light at the end of this tunnel.