What's holding you back and how are you fixing it?

As far as dating, some people have a harder time than others. This is for those people. I ask what would you say is the biggest contributing factor to your lack of success, and what are you doing to amend that hindrance?

My own misplaced feelings of inadequacy brought on by a traumatic childhood and subsequent depression, which I am trying to eliminate through exercise and behavioral psychology.

I have literally no clue. I'm flawless. It's utterly baffling that I'm single. *looks into the camera, genuinely confused* https://38.media.tumblr.com/5ccf9f585eb7e1c101ffb95763d6177c/tumblr_n3p0z4iGEi1qbvieho3_250.gif

Most American women (especially Californian ones) that I come across are... unappealing to put it as nicely as I can. Nothing that can be done to 'fix it' with this prob.

Me most definitely. Im the hindrance, I think lowley of myself atm and wont give it a try. Otherwise thered be no problem.

I'm doing my best to keep myself in shape and keeping my eyes and ears open for potentials. Frankly the biggest detractors I'm facing are things really out of my control. Age and distance, at least if we're talking about girls on here.

My past and myself. I'm afraid to give my heart out to someone again. I have no problem making friendships with guys but when they want something else is when I put a wall around myself.

My depression is my biggest flaw, because I'm so unstable with whether I'm positive or negative I just wouldn't want to make people around me sad, so I stay anti-social and prefer to be alone. I've been going to the gym and teaching myself piano in an attempt to improve my mood and in tern myself, I just like to make people happy, but I can't do that with my words because my depression will leak out and affect people, I have to do it with my actions.

I'd have to say, the main things keeping me from dating are distance and my own personal project. Before, you could add my job to that list, but huzzah. I has free time again. I just need to get my car fixed to take care of the other problem. I literally just got it towed just now, so hopefully, it doesn't have to be a problem much longer.