>>76259581
>>76258981
The salience network (anterior insula, anterior cingulate cortex) is the part of the brain in charge of interpreting what situations are pleasing and which ones are bad.
It is the driving mechanism that rewires nerves because it is in charge of neuroplasticity (which is the ability of the nerves to change and mold differently to different situations).
This is how fetishes develop. Your salience network is duped into finding sex pleasure in situations that would normally not be pleasurable at all. Like humiliation or pain.

The way to create "small victories" is to consciously condition your salience network to reward moments of social tension.

In other words...
You need to like making people uncomfortable.

I'm not kidding. The key to breaking into a positive reward loop and dominant neurological rewiring is to literally seek out the feeling of making someone else nervous, and surprised by your confidence.

Here's a real life example.
>You walk into Sprouts supermarket and see some hot gymbunnies there
>You resume shopping in a relaxed confident way
>Suddenly, you lock eyes with one of them
>Don't look away.
>Keep staring, don't nervously smile or fidget, just observe what she does
>don't worry about how you look, this is about her.
>Keep staring while relaxed
>Eventually, she looks away

Instead of thinking;
>"Wow I made her nervous, that was really awkward of me. She must think I'm a weird creep"
You should instead think;
>"She must have gotten nervous looking at the gaze of someone as tall and handsome as I am. That's pretty cute. She's cute.

The second way of thinking isn't a bluebill cope, it is LITTERALLY HOW CHADS THINK. They are on an endless neurological confidence string where even awkward social moments they encounter actually reinforce their dominance, not diminish it.

You need to be like them, and find the joy in creating social tension. That is how you break into the positive reward loop necessary for social dominance.