Feeling self conscious when women don't talk to me

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To be honest as you all know I am a bit obsessed with how I look and how attractive i am. In social settings I get really anxious when women don't talk to me but talk to other men.

Is it normal to feel this way? I feel like my OCD is turning me into a really awkward person.

I'm not sure if it's normal, but it happens to me all the time. When people don't speak to me I worry that they're mad at me.

I typically avoid talking to people I don’t know whenever possible. I try not to make eye contact with people for this reason.

A couple reasons:

1. I’m shy and have social anxiety.

2. I’m not very social.

3. Usually, I’d rather listen to music on my headphones or think about special interests over talking to someone I don’t know.

It’s impossible to know with so little evidence. There are many possibilities.

Feeling uncomfortable perhaps. Like I said, it’s impossible to know with so little information.

There have been many nights out where I have sat there awkwardly thinking to myself “Why the hell does no woman want to talk to me”?

I guess it just goes to show who your true friends are

Jamesy,

I get the impression that perhaps you are internalising a lot of the negative things others have told you about yourself. For example, your mother's remark. It's lived in the back of your head and even though you know it's unhealthy you search for signs that it is correct (even in places where there aren't any signs). There is a sense of familiarity in that negative self-image because it's what you know. Even though it upsets you and is likely false.

So you're stuck in a feedback loop. Maybe I'm projecting here but it does remind me of when I'd look for signs that I was a bad person to further solidify the self-image I'd built of myself based on what others had told me.

I think that it can be difficult to break out of such a loop but it's good that you recognise the obsessiveness of this behaviour. Do you attend therapy? If so, have you discussed such matters? Is this an option for you?

Sorry if this is a little presumptuous.