Today I practiced not putting my hands in my pockets, speaking louder, and maintaining eye contact/not looking away...

Nothing. I've given up trying to improve myself.

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This. You can't improve garbage so why bother.

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Gay for suit

FUCKING THIS

I feel you user, I fucking love that feeling.

I go to stores to buy shit more often. It may be almost nothing, but removes the anxiety of talking to someone.

This coping mechanisch will wear out the closer you get to 30. If you don't kill yourself while also refusing to get your life in order the despair will become increasingly unbearable, on top of feeling wracked with guilt over your lost 20s.

I can't speak for everyone, but almost every 30-something (including myself) I see posting around here is filled with regret of not having tried. What makes you think you'll be the exception to the rule?

I don't think that. I will probably kill myself in a year or two.

Anons would do well to read books on socializing and the science behind it and you'll soon be ahead of the game

Well done OP. Healthy attitude. Good luck!

>read up on body language
>take acting classes
>now have complete manual control of all body movements

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I want details nigga. Please elaborate

You start by googling "body language" and then read as much as you want to get an understanding of what means what and why
Then you take acting classes to be become more aware and conscious of your body and through character work you flesh out knowledge of how to carry yourself in certain ways to give off certain vibes
Do it all hard enough and you'll be able to carry yourself exactly how you want to since you know all the tricks
A lot of people like crossing their arms, for example. The first step for them is to catch themselves crossing their arms so they can uncross them and remind themselves to not cross them. With time, the body will no longer have a compulsion or automatic desire for crossing the arms, just like nail biting.

How differently are people treating you now, what differences have you noticed? Are you better able to pick up on other peoples' body language too? Does visualization work to get in character for you? I can't afford irl shit, my best bet is pirating courses

People say that I seem more relaxed and are generally friendly
Knowing about body language makes it very easy to read but you must always take it all with a grain of salt since a lot of people just have bodily habits like which leg they cross over which and such
I don't quite understand what you mean by visualisation in this context, sorry. My main way of getting into character is to search for what feels right for the character. As in what bodily habits and gestures they have which then makes the character come to life and fall into place. Letting the character inhabit my skin and not the other way around if that makes sense

Im doing a lot of stuff, but, Im not trying to completely change who I am either. I want confidence and to be able to socialise, but I dont want to be someone else.
I eat 3 meals a day.
Do spend as much time on PC.
Barely browse R9K.
Sleep pattern sorted.