Okay guys...title says it all. First, disclaimers:
1. I have pretty bad social anxiety. As a result, I'm a little bit behind socially. I tend to get nervous around even decent looking women and am completely uncomfortable in large groups. It's lead to a number of social mishaps that I'm certainly not proud of.
2. I'm wary about posting things like this, but I've had the support of a few members telling me that the only way to improve is to ask for advice from those who are in better situations than me. I've gotten some really good advice so far and would like some more as I think I'm making progress.
Okay, so today I finally got a day off work and I realized my hair was starting to look a little too shaggy. Normally I go to a barbershop downtown during the day because it's quiet, it's never busy, and the old guy that works there is really nice and gives good advice. Unfortunately, it's closed on Saturdays and I didn't know when I'd have another chance to go on a weekday. So I decided to take a chance and go to Sports Clips. Now, I know the quality of haircuts there probably isn't the best, but what I was getting was pretty basic so I thought it'd be okay. I'd been there once before and didn't find it too intimidating as there were only 2 other guys in there and all the women cutting hair were fairly large. So I drive over to Sports Clips and walk in. There's an obese black woman at the counter, so I figure I'm good to go and sign my name and sit down. Unfortunately, this is where things got a bit bad.
From the chair I'm sitting in I can see back to the hair cutting area and it's my worst nightmare. It looked like ****ing Hooters back there with 6s and 7s running around. This was definitely NOT what it looked like last time I was there, but I guess they have different workers on the weekends. Instantly I knew I was in trouble as I could feel myself sweating through my shirt and my pulse rising. I knew my only safe option was to somehow time it so the obese black woman cut my hair. When I was next in line, I saw the various hairdressers finishing up with their people so I knew I was going to be out of luck. I did the only thing I knew and left and bummed a cigarette off some random dude walking by. One of the girls came out and said, "Hey you're up if your ready!" and I just told her to skip me and do the next person. This happened twice, and eventually I was the only person remaining. The black lady was still finishing up with someone, and this 6.5/10 came out and said, "Hey you're the only one..come back in." I have a lot of trouble saying no to women, so I went back in.
She sat me down. She introduced herself to me as Jackie and asked what I wanted. I started stuttering and eventually got out, "uhh I'm not sure." Sports Clips apparently keeps track of what you ask for, so she asked, "Same as last time?" I had no idea wtf that consisted of but I managed to nod in the affirmative. She wrapped that cloth around my neck and boy was it tight. I'm glad it was there because I was clinching my fists and I'm pretty sure my legs were shaking a little bit underneath of it. She pressed her warm body against me as she started to cut around the top. She asked me a few questions(I'm not even sure what they were anymore) and I guess my answers sucked because eventually she stopped talking to me. About halfway through is when things sort of spiraled out of control.
I'm not sure if it was the nervousness, or the heat, or the cloth wrapped around my neck, but I started seeing spots and getting dizzy. I guess at that point is when I passed out because the last thing I remember was being lightheaded. When I came to, I was on the floor and there were people hunched over me and one guy was waving a magazine like a fan in my face. I asked what happened and Jackie told me that I somehow lost consciousness. She said that I just sort of slumped down in the chair and she thought I had fallen asleep(apparently this is common), and she tried to wake me up but I wouldn't come to. One of the guys in the place happened to be an EMT or a nurse or something and he moved me onto the floor.
The EMT guy checked my pulse and eventually said I'd be alright, but he said just to be safe I shouldn't get up for a while, so he told me to remain seated on the floor for at least 10 minutes. Jackie looked really mortified, guys...she just looked super disappointed. She asked if she minded if she took another customer and I shook my head no. While I sat there and waited, she cut some other guy's hair over on the other side of the room. When she finished, she came back over and said, "Are you ready to try again?" I said yes, but that I wanted the large black lady to finish my haircut. Jackie just said, "uh okay" and went and got her. The other lady helped me back into my seat and then proceeded to finish my haircut. The rest of it went pretty smooth because I just sort of kept my eyes closed and didn't look at anyone else. Eventually she finished up, I walked to the front and just avoided eye contact with anyone else. At Sports Clips it's sort of their policy to give you their card so you can go back to the same person...but the large black lady who finished my haircut gave me one of Jackie's cards instead of her own. I took it and left.
I'm not really sure what to do WSO. I get this advice from you bros to go out and meet new people and make friends but it feels ****ing impossible sometimes. I keep trying and embarrassing myself like this. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get over my anxiety and start to progress socially?
Also, sorry if I'm a little long-winded. Inb4 tl:dr
cool story bro
Wow. I'd like to have what you're having. You must be from Colorado.
lol whut. Are you trolling?
I don't have the time to finish reading but if you are serious, I certainly feel for you. You need help which I may be able to offer. Since you mentioned about being unable to function well when around women, what's better to cure you than getting a hot woman to take you to some social events as an arm candy? PM me if interested. you won't get charged. But I expect you to have a makeover if necessary.
this isn't misc op
If you're having trouble getting a haircut, you have a very tough road ahead of you. I hope to God you're trolling.
Dude I wish you the best of luck for the future! Thank god Obama got reelected, you can get all that obamacare son $$$$$
lol
Zzz
This is probably going to make the ladies of WSO angry if they read this so I should preface this by saying that I know it has worked from friends and that they eventually stop using this approach but it can help in the beginning.
I don't know you obviously, but if you are on this forum it's a reasonable assumption that you are quantitative and pretty logical (everyone I know in finance is like this so I'm not trying to stereotype but this industry attracts a certain personality type). If you want to get over being scared to talk to women, treat them like any other task. For example, when you want a good grade on an exam, you make a plan for how to achieve your goal which includes preparation, studying the material, practicing, and most importantly, repetition.
Instead of acting like attractive women are these scary monsters, make a certain goal (my friends who have tried this started out with just having a nice conversation, then progressing to a flirty conversation, then phone number, dating, sex, and so on). So to start out, your goal is to simply have a normal conversation with an attractive woman. To do this, just like studying for an exam, you should read materials on how to do it well (there is a ton of it on the web, you can ask your more outgoing friends, and many other ways). This will not only give you specific things to say but also confidence that you are prepared. At this stage, go out with a couple of your outgoing friends who are comfortable with women, let them take the lead and try to join in when you can. Do this enough times and it will become second nature. From there move on to the next step until each one is mastered.
Now ideally of course it would be nice not to look at women in such a clinical way and eventually hopefully you will see them as regular people, but this approach has worked wonders with some of my more socially awkward friends.
Best of luck and thanks for the hilarious story (I know it probably wasn't funny to you but hopefully you can laugh about it one day)
If you are trolling then hopefully someone benefits from this haha
LOL ck you're sick in the head bro.
have we established if the OP is trolling yet?
I'm still kind of on the fence. I truly feel bad if you're not trolling and hope you're not offended by the assumption.
That is a story and a half if it's true, hell, if you told that story to a chick at a bar, I think she'd laugh so hard she'd end up sleeping with you!
This is copied and pasted from the misc over at bodybuilding.com: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=149555963&highlight=haircut
cheeky kunt, you caught me :)
u are one cheeky kunt m8 i swear
i will rape you if i get the chance
good spot!
haha I find some of the replies on that forum very much different from ours.
for example: "if this is serious you have a problem you phaggot take some medicine lol wtf is wrong with you" and a personal favourite: "past, you double wrap and then one of the condoms get sucked up in the girls vag and get told to leave. now, you are fainting when someone is cutting your hair.
Good read like always OP, stay safe"
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