My friend invited to be a part of my high school’s shirtless men at the football game friday night. This is going to be fun 
. First step of not giving a fuck? 
Way to go! Just go and have fun, really! And yes, I know it’s hard (it’s still hard for me at times) but fight the caring part when it comes to girls and the stuff that’s been making you down. Care for everything else but those things, and you’ll be fine! It takes practice, but you can do it.
The good thing about it is that the more you do it the easier it’ll become to raise that confidence by not sweating the small stuff (not giving a fuck.) It sounds silly, but sooner or later people should be seeing you as a tough kid who remains strong when need be, and in some pretty good cases that’s attractive to most girls. So just go out with the mentality that you’re just out to please no one else but yourself by having fun.
What where?! ah doood no fair 
Got me all jazzed up too
You can dooooooo eeeeet!
By the way, not sure how comfortable you are shirtless or how crazy you guys will get, but I say you paint yourself up or your body (with whatever type of crazy team stuff) so you can attract attention from girls, but then here’s the kicker… IGNORE that attention! Take it with a grain of salt, and just go crazy. That’ll make some girls wonder why you’re not caring, and in some cases girls tend to not like being ignored when they’re giving you attention. Since they know they have that power with men, some girls should feel like they’re doing something wrong and then be bothered by it. Now I’m not saying that all girls are this way, but I’m sure that it’ll make some of those girls wonder. 
Well, sure maybe say thanks if you do get a compliment but that’s it, nothing else. It’s time to change the tables and make them come to you.
Shirtless guys? Whats so interesting? Its not like girls like to see naked guys.
I don’t think that’s why he’s going, he’s going to just have fun and not give a fuck what the girls think (if any.)
In that case go ahead dude.
Have fun!
Yeah, thing is LTD’s problem was always worrying about what the girls had to say about him or the way they felt about him and it always brought him down. So we’ve been just trying to let him chill, relax, and just have it not let it bother him. So I hope he just haves fun once and for all, instead of worrying about the way girls feel or don’t feel about him.
Im a self conscious person myself and my secret to overcome it is by going to a very very crowded places like a football stadium and overwhelm yourself with the anxiety until you finally forget completely about people looking at you.
So LTD you are doing the right thing.
Yup, that’s exactly what my therapist has said. Sucks, but you have to get used to those situations.
Yeh it is definitely one of the steps LTD
Go out and ABOVE ALL ELSE focus on having fun. Remember that people aren’t used to you putting yourself out there like this, there is a possibility that someone might try to push you back into the pigeonhole that they had you in there head.
I’m saying that there will definitely will be negative comments, but if there are the most important thing to remember is that what they think doesn’t matter - you are out there without a shirt because its fun to be at a football game acting like an asshole.
Your voice had better be hoarse in the morning bud
First step, playing football shirtless! Next step, naked lacrosse! It’s rough, tough and in the buff!
Oh btw, last night heads up, i didn’t get to be one. I texted my friend who invited me and they said they got it all together before I even came, so I just went to watch the game anyway.