The Cure for Nice Guy Syndrome

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^this happens because they sense that to acknowledge the truth is to acknowledge things about themselves (typically unpleasant things) that they really don't want to acknowledge. they cannot accept the reality of their own truths (the content of their character, the way they treat others, their true motivations for their behaviour), and so they cannot accept external truths that in any way expose/relate to/reference their internal ones.

From what I can glean from this blog is that you are so desperate to think of yourself as some kind of martyr that you'll go to ridiculously convoluted, overly complicated and nigh incomprehensible lengths to portray yourself as such. This includes concocting absurd fiction with no basis in real life (your "trial" piece) to somehow illustrate how put upon you are. Delusional is right. A person with his head firmly in reality wouldn't need to go to such lengths to prove a point.

In a way, it's atypical of the average niceguy syndrome sufferer as those types (such as the "Cry-wanker" above and others in this thread) tend to go the opposite direction and make up overly simplified reasons for their lack of success (I.E. "Women I meet don't want to go out with me, therefore it must be because women only date jerks. I'm just "too nice" to be loved.") They think of dating and courtship like a business transaction (women are slot machines and if I put enough nice guy tokens in eventually sex will fall out) rather than the complex and unique social dynamic it actually is. When their experiences don't pan out the way they think it should (like in a business transaction) they feel cheated and bitter. That being said, the same entitled attitude and desire for pity is still readily apparent in your writings, no matter how many words you add to pad it out to make it sound deeper than it actually is.

What you and others don't seem to grasp is that it's that bitter whiny entitled attitude what women find truly unattractive, not being "too nice" to them.

A truly nice guy is nice without the expectation of getting anything is return. Being kind to others is not some kind of incredible accomplishment that deserves Martyrdom. It's literally the bare minimum necessary for being a decent human being. Nobody deserves jacks*** for being nice. Not sex, not praise, not even a thank you (although the latter's generally appreciated.) If the only positive adjective a person can think of to describe themselves is "nice" than they're either incredibly boring or not actually that nice at all.

apparently you wanted to change and were ready and mature enough to do so, and made the effort to re-examine and question your ideas to see what was leading you astray. that's not an easy thing to do for many people, and is commendable. unfortunately not everybody gets there at the same rate--some get there very late in life, and some (lamentably) never get there at all. in some people, the desire for truth just never gets stronger than the fear of it.

i've had a similar very strong desire since i was a young child; it has always been the driving force behind my curiosity and my love of (and compulsion for) learning. however, probably one of the most useful axioms i have ever encountered in life is "A truly wise man knows that he knows nothing"--a healthy reminder to remain open-minded and willing to question any "truths" one may have settled on.

Billiscool is the perfect example of starvingartists points in action. His perspective is so narrow that he can't even comprehend why a man would actually agree with a women unless they were looking for something romantic in return (whiteknighting.) Like most nice guys, he judges his self worth by the number ladies he pulls, not his character.

Huh?

you can't know anything for certain, that is the point. it means: go forth acknowledging that anything you may come to understand you can only understand incompletely (because human understanding is/was/always will be by nature incomplete), and always be willing to accept the possibility that you might be wrong. and as you said, there are lots of grey areas in life where ultimate objective truths may not be possible--so to accept that rather than fight it is what it means to be wise.