I'm in an unusual situation. I have this really nasty habit of thinking the worst is going to happen. Sometimes I'll come up with excuses, talk myself out of approaching, other times I can't even get in touch with whether I'm attracted to someone. These thoughts are messing everything up and they're keeping me from connecting with women. I know what I'm like when I'm at my best, when I've got all my energy and I'm strutting my stuff, opening up, being confident, and just in general being my best self. Lately, it's really hard for me to get in that zone. It's like I'm really scared. I'm working on inner game and trying to get over these things...I still do them. I run away, I shy away, I lose frame, I become needy or insecure, or I hover around in a self-conscious state if it's a place I hang out with friends. I don't know what to do. All I can do is keep approaching (I've been slacking though...again, excuse, oh, I'll do it some other time, etc.), and trying to maintain conversations without running away.