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We all know the basics of looksmaxxing: fix your skin, hit the gym, grow your jaw with mewing or implants, hop on minoxidil, or even go full hardmaxx if you’ve got the budget. But here's the truth most of you overlook:
Your mindset is the biggest bottleneck. Not your bone structure. Not your genetics. Not your wallet.
You’re not failing because you're "ugly." You’re failing because you’re inhibited. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on your environment, your behaviors, and your thoughts. It changes the way your neurons fire together. If you’re not using neuroplasticity as a tool, you’re leaving 80% of your potential on the table. You’ll keep spinning your wheels in place while others, the ones who took the mental game seriously, outpace you in every category.
You’re inhibited because you’ve trained your brain to prioritize safety, comfort, and fitting in. NT maxxing is only beneficial when it is not legit limiting you from your potential. These pathways form from trauma, rejection, social conditioning. It’s not your fault but it is your responsibility. When you hesitate to post a selfie, skip a gym day, or avoid looking at your flaws, you are feeding neural circuits that keep you small. You’re reinforcing avoidance. And every time you avoid, that path gets stronger. This is plasticity, too. You can train your brain to be weak. But if you know that, then you also know that it is reversible.
Anyone who calls this cope will be forever stuck in inceldom for they fear approaching a woman.
Everyone and their father has heard "just be confident bro". This is not realistic foremost especially those who are ND. The charisma pill is a brutal one but many of us are genetically pre-dispositioned to be more anxious and engage in less risk taking behavior. There are many ways to lower your inhibition which is predominantly created by your GABA-A & GABA-B receptors in the brain. The most common way that is used to lower your inhibition is Alcohol. Ethanol antagonizes the GABA-A receptor. This is why it hits fast. It drops your inhibition short term. You talk more, you feel less anxious, you stop overanalyzing. But it’s low tier. GABA-A is the cope receptor. This is what normies hit when they chug beers to build fake confidence. It’s not real. The moment it wears off, you’re back to baseline or worse. Rebound anxiety, poor sleep, lowered cognition, even weaker stress tolerance the next day. It’s the same thing with benzos or even Kava. It numbs you, doesn’t change you.
That’s why GABA-A is low effort cope. It doesn’t rewire you. It puts a blanket over the fear and pretends it’s gone. No exposure learning, no long term change, just chemically-induced blindness. You’re not learning to swim, you’re numbing yourself before jumping in the water.
GABA-B is different. GABA-B is the Chad receptor. This is the one that actually modulates inhibition at the core level. Slower acting, deeper system regulation, longer term. When you hit GABA-B right, you’re not just faking courage, you’re actually shifting your nervous system. You start to feel less reactive to social threat. Less overstimulated. Less frozen. And over time, this creates actual rewiring. Your behavior starts to change without needing the training wheels.
There’s not as many ways to hit GABA-B but the ones that work, work hard.
Phenibut is the main one. Russian-made, originally for cosmonauts. Hits both GABA-A and GABA-B but it shines with B. Smooths out social anxiety without dulling your mind. You feel calm, verbal, clear-headed, assertive. If you use it properly low dose, infrequent usage it can be a massive tool for neural rewiring.
Then there’s Baclofen. Prescription only. Hits GABA-B straight. Not recreational. Doesn’t feel euphoric. But effective for long-term anxiety regulation. Harder to get, but some people run low dose cycles for inhibition work. Again, not something to rely on, but it’s there.
There’s indirect ways too. Wim Hof breathing protocols, cold exposure, meditative stress control, these upregulate GABA-B tone naturally over time. Not a quick fix, but they compound. You do cold showers and breath holds for a month and your baseline tension drops. You stop flinching at the world. You start stepping into discomfort like it’s normal.
Most people just want the short-term relief. They want to feel good for a few hours and then reset. That’s cope thinking. That’s why they stay stuck. The guys who get ahead target GABA-B. They build a new default, not a temporary illusion.
This isn’t theory. This is chemistry + plasticity. Rewire or stay paralyzed.
Your mindset is the biggest bottleneck. Not your bone structure. Not your genetics. Not your wallet.
You’re not failing because you're "ugly." You’re failing because you’re inhibited. Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to rewire itself based on your environment, your behaviors, and your thoughts. It changes the way your neurons fire together. If you’re not using neuroplasticity as a tool, you’re leaving 80% of your potential on the table. You’ll keep spinning your wheels in place while others, the ones who took the mental game seriously, outpace you in every category.
You’re inhibited because you’ve trained your brain to prioritize safety, comfort, and fitting in. NT maxxing is only beneficial when it is not legit limiting you from your potential. These pathways form from trauma, rejection, social conditioning. It’s not your fault but it is your responsibility. When you hesitate to post a selfie, skip a gym day, or avoid looking at your flaws, you are feeding neural circuits that keep you small. You’re reinforcing avoidance. And every time you avoid, that path gets stronger. This is plasticity, too. You can train your brain to be weak. But if you know that, then you also know that it is reversible.
Anyone who calls this cope will be forever stuck in inceldom for they fear approaching a woman.
Everyone and their father has heard "just be confident bro". This is not realistic foremost especially those who are ND. The charisma pill is a brutal one but many of us are genetically pre-dispositioned to be more anxious and engage in less risk taking behavior. There are many ways to lower your inhibition which is predominantly created by your GABA-A & GABA-B receptors in the brain. The most common way that is used to lower your inhibition is Alcohol. Ethanol antagonizes the GABA-A receptor. This is why it hits fast. It drops your inhibition short term. You talk more, you feel less anxious, you stop overanalyzing. But it’s low tier. GABA-A is the cope receptor. This is what normies hit when they chug beers to build fake confidence. It’s not real. The moment it wears off, you’re back to baseline or worse. Rebound anxiety, poor sleep, lowered cognition, even weaker stress tolerance the next day. It’s the same thing with benzos or even Kava. It numbs you, doesn’t change you.
That’s why GABA-A is low effort cope. It doesn’t rewire you. It puts a blanket over the fear and pretends it’s gone. No exposure learning, no long term change, just chemically-induced blindness. You’re not learning to swim, you’re numbing yourself before jumping in the water.
GABA-B is different. GABA-B is the Chad receptor. This is the one that actually modulates inhibition at the core level. Slower acting, deeper system regulation, longer term. When you hit GABA-B right, you’re not just faking courage, you’re actually shifting your nervous system. You start to feel less reactive to social threat. Less overstimulated. Less frozen. And over time, this creates actual rewiring. Your behavior starts to change without needing the training wheels.
There’s not as many ways to hit GABA-B but the ones that work, work hard.
Phenibut is the main one. Russian-made, originally for cosmonauts. Hits both GABA-A and GABA-B but it shines with B. Smooths out social anxiety without dulling your mind. You feel calm, verbal, clear-headed, assertive. If you use it properly low dose, infrequent usage it can be a massive tool for neural rewiring.
Then there’s Baclofen. Prescription only. Hits GABA-B straight. Not recreational. Doesn’t feel euphoric. But effective for long-term anxiety regulation. Harder to get, but some people run low dose cycles for inhibition work. Again, not something to rely on, but it’s there.
There’s indirect ways too. Wim Hof breathing protocols, cold exposure, meditative stress control, these upregulate GABA-B tone naturally over time. Not a quick fix, but they compound. You do cold showers and breath holds for a month and your baseline tension drops. You stop flinching at the world. You start stepping into discomfort like it’s normal.
Most people just want the short-term relief. They want to feel good for a few hours and then reset. That’s cope thinking. That’s why they stay stuck. The guys who get ahead target GABA-B. They build a new default, not a temporary illusion.
This isn’t theory. This is chemistry + plasticity. Rewire or stay paralyzed.
proceeds to write a schizophrenic timeline with zero punctuation — JFL
