What I read from Jarosh's post was 2 things:
1. I'm in denial
-> Denial of what?
-Denial of self-flaws (personality)
-Yes, I think I have personality problems; why else am I still single and asking for advice on gaming boards?
->What are these flaws?
-Too selfish, too nice, too greedy, too picky, too niave, too emotional, probably more
-> How do I improve those flaws?
-idk; the main ways I change is by meeting people who have an affect on my life and I learn from them; I'm not really sure how to change my core personality and emotions just out of the blue on my own.
2. Stop being a manchild and be an adult
I'd ditch the manchild/GAF-esque behavior. Doing that alone may refocus a lot of his priorities.
-Ok...how does one become an adult?
-I am a student; I can't work a job while going to school full time. So I'm not part of the career working world. Even when I was, I didn't really notice things being different fwiw.
-I deal with money and bills and keeping finances in check; real world responsibilities like everyone else. I don't have a significant other, or a child, or a pet or anyone/anything to be responsible for other than myself.
-I read the news and think about what is going on in the world; even though I don't understand a lot of it beyond basic principles
-So...how do I "grow up"? There is no book/flowchart/guide for this. When I don't have instructions on how to do something I just attempt it out in a blaze of chaos and fail horribly and learn from my mistakes. I keep trying things to be more like "adults" but nothing has worked. As Woody Allen said, if you're not failing every now and again, it's a sign you're not doing anything innovative. I fail a lot and learn in like every other field, but in life I just fail a lot and don't seem to learn much; or at least I can't understand what I was supposed to have learned.
So yeah, it's great to hear my problems and I can agree with them but I can never see advice on how to actually do anything about them besides seeing a shrink, which I'm uncomfortable with because of dealing with my family if they find out I'm seeing one.
From what I've seen so far, I don't know if it's the way you word things or what, but sometimes I get this vibe like, "I'm really artistic and funny and great, and it's hard for me to talk to the majority of people because they're just not nearly as great as me." For instance, on your OKCupid site:
Yeah; I don't want to be a dick but I'm really bad at interacting. I try and try and try and go up to girls/guys and ask them questions about their life; listen to them; ask followup questions. But if I'm not genuinely interested the conversation trails off at some point and I'm sure they can tell I'm losing interest. The people who genuinely interest me are those who I feel are more interesting than me; These are people I feel I learn from and so I become really engaged in everything they say. I don't want to be arrogant, but it's a flaw I have; I love myself and I almost feel like I put standards for others at being at least as interesting as me. I want to change that and I try by talking and talking irl to everyone I meet, but mentally if I'm just not interested I'm not. THE EXCEPTION is that when I drink I become very engaged in any conversation with anyone. People really like me when I'm drinking, although I think girls (some) find me creepy when drinking (or just in general; it's a vibe I get; maybe I just have low self-confidence); But I can't really drink for health reasons so.....
tbh I just think I'm fucking crazy