I've been depressed for the last year, entirely because of my lack of success with women. I'm only 23 and balding which has meant that I can barely get dates anymore. I've accepted I won't be able to get as hot a girlfriend as I would have liked, my main aim is/was to get a nice girl who isn't ugly or fat, who I can hopefully have a laugh with. I've never had a girl friend by the way. (Although I've had sex a few times)

But the tinder dating world is so harsh to me. The amount of girls I swipe and message just to get a response is depressing. But what really gets to me is when I do date a girl, so often they have just cut me off randomly. They will seem interested in me but after a while will simply stop responding to my messages. It seems like I meant nothing to them. I'm here depressed about her not messaging back and she probably hasn't even given it a second thought. Makes me feel pathetic. It gets to me to a point where I can't even get out of bed, I've missed a few days of work. I know this is weak, stupid and I should cop on, but I really just can't. And I really can't discuss this with my mates as it's pathetic.

Although I'm happy with everything else in my life, my job, my hobbies and my friends. Reading this sub makes me more depressed rather than less, unlike a lot of you guys. Reading that dinner whore post, for example, really got to me.

I mean surely you don't think most women are like this?

I'm sorry if this is off topic or whatever, I just don't know what to be thinking these days. Constant anxiety over stuff that I know I shouldn't care less about.