I've been lurking on Seddit for about 6 months now, picking up tips and pointers improve myself and the results that I have noticed have been positive, to say the least. My interaction with people is smoother and less forced, my self-esteem is at a high, and I am looking and feeling better about myself than I have in a while.

I have clinical depression (I saw a doctor, none of this self-diagnosis bullshit) which I am medicated for, which has done wonders for every aspect of my life, social and personal. However, an inextricable downside of depression is that I am overcome with a funk (for lack of a better term) every once in a while that fucks with my ability to communicate with other people on the same level. I feel as if it also makes rejection more profound on a psychological level since you are in a way predisposed to feel shitty about yourself.

For the past week or so this girl that I was friends with (attracted to, but not actively pursuing) started spending a lot of time with me. To keep this short, let's just say in the past week, she's spent roughly 48 hours at my place. This wouldn't be significant unless she wasn't also just throwing IOIs at me. Someone makes a joke, she always checks to see if I'm laughing before she does. Flipping her hair then tossing me bedroom eyes from behind it. Sitting on my bed at any given opportunity. She wasn't very subtle.

I decide to probe her interest (since something was very obviously there) and asked her out. She responded with a bunch of excuses, so I didn't push it.

I hadn't invested myself completely in this girl, and I have been trying to inoculate myself against rejection by practicing my approaches, but this one affected me more than I thought it would. I figured it was because of my depression.

My technique is amateurish, and I can write up an FR if you need more information.

TL;DR - What are Sedditors' experiences with seduction in the midst of depression?