>>81972437Hello, anon, thanks for taking the time to answer even if you're not OP. What I'm going to say will probably apply to both you and him.
>Socially ineptThis can only change with exposure and practice, unfortunately, but there are ways to make that process less frightening. Something I did was study up on social psychology and have a lot of conversations online with people as practice. That gave me a safe environment to fail without having to face too much judgement in person, and by the time I got to face to face interaction, I found out I had actually become a lot more sensitive to other people's (real) intentions and mind states than most people. Even though I still didn't have natural charm, I could make up for it with knowledge of psychology and succeed at socializing. So I'd recommend learning a little bit, then testing it online, then repeating until you feel comfortable enough to start testing in person. Practicing in voice calls can be a transitional step.
>I'm a NEETWhy are you a NEET? Is it related to being socially inept? If so, fixing your social skills should help with this, if not solve it.
>I'm also ugly and unkempt in appearanceYou'd be shocked what taking care of your appearance will do to your mental. Start with the basics and progress onto other stuff, but an important thing to note is that you're unlikely to be able to keep motivation up for this alone, so I recommend getting a support of some kind to bounce ideas off of. You can make this a part of improving your social skills as well, set it as a goal. The support could be a gym partner or just someone who sympathizes with your situation and wants to help, or just an online friend to talk to.