I’m not completely sure if this belongs on this sub but I just wanted to try to explain this situation regardless. Reading through countless threads on topics related to this, it seems many other men my age have had similar problems to me in high school. They never received IOI’s, had their crush or girl they liked publicly humiliate them, or just got rejected so many times that they for sure knew no woman would ever find them sexually attractive.

I’m just wondering if there is anyway to get out of this mindset? For me, creepy was a term that was attached to me for all of high school. I still have the mindset that I’m this skinny unattractive creep that most women will never look twice at. I have no problems talking to women now, even ones that I’m attracted to. The big problem for me is that A) I am not around women my age at all (I’m 21) and B) I’m afraid that if I express sexual interest in a girl I find cute/hot she will say gross or you’re creepy.

It’s just unfortunate because I’m up from about 135 lbs when I left high school to now 165 (mostly being muscle) and I do get some IOI’s from girls. It is very uncommon but it does happen. I had a girl give me a double look a few weeks ago before walking into the gym, but I think I probably had something on my face lol. So in a nutshell, have any of you escaped your high school mindset? And if so, any advice to give to me?