>>509529686
Yup. I did something 98% of those here would never even consider: going to my lifelong crush's house to ask her out in her living room. She said no. It was cringe. I felt like a total idiot afterwards.

And I was then free. I no longer had fear of approaching women. It was possibly the most empowering moment of my life. Less than a year later, I met my wife because I started going around asking out women without any trepidation or anxiety.