TL;DR TRP has served almost as a support group for me, and reading stories of men with experience has helped broaden my perspective. I appreciate this place.

I have been reading The Red Pill for the last four months or so. I will go ahead and describe what I have learned and how it has broadened my perspective on my self, women, and my interactions with them.

First, I'll give some background. I am a 21 year old pre medical student at a rigorous university. Growing up I was and still am very involved in fitness, and academics. I am naturally passionate for these areas and aspire to eventually use my knowledge to help people make healthy lifestyle choices including staying consistently active throughout their lives, promoting resistance training and HIIT training, and advising proper nutritional choices a majority of the time.

I would say my Dad was fairly Red Pill, but definitely hid it from me and my brother until we were teenagers. Mind you he passed away in a car accident when I was 15. I remember him talking a lot about how to pleasure a woman, giving us very straight up info on sex and how the size of your member really doesn't matter if you can make a girl get off with your hands/mouth. Kind of uncomfortable stuff for a freshman in high school, but looking back I wish I would have taken a lot more information than I had. I lost guidance, but sought out other male figures/mentors.

My Dad was my hero though. He had serious skills, amazing chiropractor, was into carpentry, dirt bikes, fast cars, loved watching me and my brother play sports growing up. He was a great Dad. And he did NOT take shit from anyone. There were definitely aspects of his personality that were not as admirable, but I'm really not one to bitch and judge.

As for me, I had a blue pill mindset in full force growing up. If I were to guess why, it is probably due to the bullshit my mom fed me and a lot of the Christian values that were thrown at me. Played a lot of video games in my early adolescence, ate food based off taste, was not significantly active or bettering besides trying to excel in school. As I entered high school I played offensive line in football at a staggering 5' 10" around 200 lbs more or less. I wasn't obese, but definitely not the way I look now. I had some serious insecurities based around my appearance and I would say poor self esteem. My dad taught me and my brother the art of lifting/body-building at the ripe age of thirteen and ever since I have been active fairly consistently aside from times where I became injured, mostly from sports.

As I entered college, I spent a lot of time depressed about not having found "the one" and probably had a similar mindset with Michael's in the side bar. For some fucking reason my mom couldn't figure out how to get braces on my teeth before high school so I feel that took a jab at my confidence with girls and the development of my game. Overall, I have always been able to relate to people well, make friends, have a good time, but for some reason never had "success" in keeping girls around.

Hindsight is really 20/20, but I'm glad to know what I know now. I have an easier time approaching girls and introducing myself. The most important thing I tell myself, in my opinion, is that I must not give a single fuck as to whether or not a girl rejects my offer for conversation and ultimately an opportunity to find out more about how awesome I am. What I have realized through TRP is that I am the prize. I still have a lot more to learn, and I am excited to grasp new knowledge on social dynamics. As with anything, it is something that takes practice. It is a process of retraining my mindset.

To close, I want to say I am thankful I found a community of people with experience in dealing with women and that focuses on improvement. I hope my story can serve as an example of someone who has gained knowledge from TRP.