Octophobia
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- Joined
- Mar 9, 2024
- Posts
- 80
I used to browse this site several years ago in my teens (pre pandemic), I had a lot of anxiety about my inceldom, I disliked the way I looked, but I never hated myself, or blamed myself, or wanted to hurt myself...
Part of me in the back of my mind thought this was just a phase that somehow would resolve themselves with time, because I am the protagonist of the story. That I wouldn't stay incel forever...
But with the pandemic, my life seemed to fast forward out of youth.
Now I'm grown (albeit young) adult with a career.
I like to go for walks and ride my bike in the evening, and I often come accross young women my age, and some highschool aged (legal). Sometimes we make eye contact or small talk.
I feel a gut punch every time I don't ask them out. I feel like a coward and a bitch.
let's be honest, at my age to be an incel you have to be a loser, irl normies (not redditors) find it unthinkable, dating js such a normal thing to them... and some acquaintances and family are suspect I might be gay...
Maybe all those girls would've rejected me anyway, but at least I could've said I tried, but the truth is I haven't been trying, and it eats me inside.
It's the first time in my life I feel self-hatred, I feel I am the orchestrator of my own failure.
It's the first time in my life I want to hurt myself -- and badly.
I want to know if any other 21+ cels feel similarly.
Part of me in the back of my mind thought this was just a phase that somehow would resolve themselves with time, because I am the protagonist of the story. That I wouldn't stay incel forever...
But with the pandemic, my life seemed to fast forward out of youth.
Now I'm grown (albeit young) adult with a career.
I like to go for walks and ride my bike in the evening, and I often come accross young women my age, and some highschool aged (legal). Sometimes we make eye contact or small talk.
I feel a gut punch every time I don't ask them out. I feel like a coward and a bitch.
let's be honest, at my age to be an incel you have to be a loser, irl normies (not redditors) find it unthinkable, dating js such a normal thing to them... and some acquaintances and family are suspect I might be gay...
Maybe all those girls would've rejected me anyway, but at least I could've said I tried, but the truth is I haven't been trying, and it eats me inside.
It's the first time in my life I feel self-hatred, I feel I am the orchestrator of my own failure.
It's the first time in my life I want to hurt myself -- and badly.
I want to know if any other 21+ cels feel similarly.