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Assuming my sleep is fixed after my swelling has gone down, I plan to finally make an Instagram. It’ll help me reconnect with old friends, meet new people, get girls, and fit in with the normies. If I start off by following old friends and acquaintances from high school I should have a base of a few hundred followers right off the bat.
But here’s the real question. My plan for a while was to make my first post addressing the health issues I’ve had and that they are now in the past. I view it as the elephant in the room, as I’m 21 with no Ig and have spent the last few years rotting. However after a talk with cocainecowboy I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
He says I shouldn’t address it, and am better off starting my account like nothing happened. That normies don’t care and by addressing a negative topic I’ll be giving negative emotions and thus shooting myself in the foot.
I previously viewed it as a good way to explain why a smart, fit, decent looking guy dropped out of college and has no life, because I certainly haven’t lived up to expectations. I wanted to get it out of the way so I never have to explain it to people when they ask about college or whatever else I’ve been doing over the last few years.
I think he’s probably right. Let people think it’s weird. They can come up with their own story. That’s better than me feeding them a negative one. He even says that if it comes up in conversation I shouldn’t address health issues and how down bad I’ve been because there is nothing to gain. Sympathy in the moment and then they distance themselves bc normies are shit. I haven’t told many people about it over the last year and a half but the ones I’ve told all either talked to me the same amount, less, or not at all. At no point has it improved a relationship.
It’s uncomfortable putting myself out there without excusing my lack of general success, and knowing that I’ll have to bs my way through a lot of interactions. But the latter part in particular is just part of being a normie so I better get used to it. How do you guys think I should approach starting my Instagram, rebuilding my old social life, and presenting myself in a positive light to new people that come into my life?
But here’s the real question. My plan for a while was to make my first post addressing the health issues I’ve had and that they are now in the past. I view it as the elephant in the room, as I’m 21 with no Ig and have spent the last few years rotting. However after a talk with cocainecowboy I’m not sure that’s a good idea.
He says I shouldn’t address it, and am better off starting my account like nothing happened. That normies don’t care and by addressing a negative topic I’ll be giving negative emotions and thus shooting myself in the foot.
I previously viewed it as a good way to explain why a smart, fit, decent looking guy dropped out of college and has no life, because I certainly haven’t lived up to expectations. I wanted to get it out of the way so I never have to explain it to people when they ask about college or whatever else I’ve been doing over the last few years.
I think he’s probably right. Let people think it’s weird. They can come up with their own story. That’s better than me feeding them a negative one. He even says that if it comes up in conversation I shouldn’t address health issues and how down bad I’ve been because there is nothing to gain. Sympathy in the moment and then they distance themselves bc normies are shit. I haven’t told many people about it over the last year and a half but the ones I’ve told all either talked to me the same amount, less, or not at all. At no point has it improved a relationship.
It’s uncomfortable putting myself out there without excusing my lack of general success, and knowing that I’ll have to bs my way through a lot of interactions. But the latter part in particular is just part of being a normie so I better get used to it. How do you guys think I should approach starting my Instagram, rebuilding my old social life, and presenting myself in a positive light to new people that come into my life?
