-rejection
-embarrassment
-lose confidence
-further depression
-loss of self worth
need i go on? people's emotions don't have a moat built around them.
Rejection is a part of life. It'll take one or two bitter experiences before you get used to it, might as well happen now. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Worst case scenario is that she says no and he goes home and it hangs over him for 3 months or he finds some other chick who's pretty and he forgets all about her.
Nobody gets good as skateboarding until they forget up a few times and get hurt. Same stuff applies to relationships. Same stuff pretty much applies to everything skill worth having. Confidence comes from experience, experience comes from failure.
All of these are NOT as bad as regret. Regret is the absolute loving worst. That stuff will pass over. You'll eventually say "forget it she wasn't right for me" but you'll always have that "i should've done it man" in the back of your head long after it's over
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i have regret for a lot of things in my life, i can totally agree with that. but op said he has/had suffered from depression before. it doesn't totally escape from your brain, it's always there. pretty much any negative emotion for the regular person is like a hundred times worse for someone who has depression.
I have suffered from depression before. I have attempted Self Delete in the past. My left arm is full of ugly scars now because of it. There were multiple women come in and out of my life during that time. I used to abuse alcohol because of it. I would say I have successfully come out of it. I have experience with what you are talking about, and I'm telling you, the only loving way to get the hell over it is to keep giving it a shot until it works out. If you give up or discourage yourself you're only just going to get worse and worse.
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