Why "Whatever You Want" Keeps You Single

She says the movie looks dumb; you suddenly agree. She tests you with a little attitude; you apologize for nothing.

You think you're being easy to get along with. She reads something else entirely: a man with no edges. Nothing to hold on to. No friction, no tension, no reason to wonder what he really thinks.

The "22 Rules" taught me to push back — playfully, calmly, without needing her approval. Strange things happened after that.

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Question about consciousness...

GS-83

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Hey Guys

I have a question about consciousness and am hoping to get some sensible replies on this.

Sometimes when I am interacting with people it suddenly feels like my consciousness gets sucked to the top of my head and I am more observing rather than just being.

do any of you guys have this? And what is this?
 

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Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.

Then: nothing. Two texts. No reply. What happened?

You did what most men do on a great date. You filled every silence, answered every question, and left her with nothing to wonder about. No mystery. Nothing to sit with when she got home.

Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.

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Yeah, he was quiet and thinking to himself. How's that for a universal example.
 

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Skel said:
can you give an example?
Example: I am talking with someone and suddenly I become extremely aware of my surroundings, my body language and the other persons body language.

Perhaps I could compare it to a first person shooter with an observer mode.
When it happens It feels like I am going from action mode to observer mode.

I hope you understand.
 

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GS-83,

Google "Persinger god helmet"

The guy and the research are a bit wacky and a bit flawed, but yo umight find it interesting. The guy does research using his personal fortune (hence the wacky stuff, like a "God Helmet").

There's probably a physiological basis for your experience (as there is for basically evry other kind of weird perceptual experience).
 

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I could talk to any woman I wasn't attracted to. Charming, funny, relaxed. Then a gorgeous woman looked my way and I'd become a sweating, babbling mess.

The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.

Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.

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