Hey guys. First off, I'm 20 and currently a sophomore in college. I found this site because someone linked me the videos for the Pickup Artist season 1 and 2. However after watching both seasons it really inspired me to get into it as I have never had a girlfriend before, so I started reading all over these forums. I've read most of David D's books like Attraction Isn't A Choice and Double Your Dating. I have the MM and The Game downloaded and will hopefully get to that soon.

Now for my problem. When I was in high school i was pretty much the biggest World of Warcraft nerd you can possibly imagine. I'd never ever go out of my house... it was just wake up, go to school, then come home and play games until I went to bed. However once I got to senior year, I finally quit and started trying to turn my life around. I started to do new things and fell in love with skateboarding, going to the gym, playing guitar and some other stuff.

However, my past of being extremely non-social in high school I feel is starting to hurt me now. For the most part, I'm walking around alone at college every single day and go straight home after classes (I don't dorm). I only have about 5-6 friends I hang out with every couple of days. 90% of my old friends either left for other colleges or still only want to play video games so I don't hang out with them as much. There are no school clubs for anything I like doing. I eventually want to go clubbing but I don't really know the right people for that.

I think my biggest problem is my need for approval/attention. I have so little friends that anyone I meet I feel like I can't lose them or I'm screwed because I don't have anyone else. I play victim a lot too, this one's pretty bad and I can tell it annoys the shit out of people. As for meeting new girls, sometimes I can approach them, but even if I overcome the AA (which is rare), I just mess it up anyway. I either go into super interview mode and bore them to death in 5 minutes because idk what else to say, and/or I just get friendzoned and end up being their best friend eventually. I know what I'm supposed to do or say, but my mind just doesn't allow it when I'm actually in the moment. I couldn't neg a girl if my life depended on it. Any advice or a step in the right direction would be appreciated. I was thinking about looking into that NLP stuff but I'm not sure SPAM.