Thanks for the advice Jayo. I understand what you're saying and I'm open to the idea of dating. I just find it hard, as a 22 year old with no dating experience, to suddenly start asking girls out. I wouldn't even know where to start.
Not too long ago I defeated social anxiety and I just came out of a depression. My confidence is increasing in general, yet when it comes to women I still feel like an unattractive geek, though my guy friends tell me I'm the exact opposite. I guess there's still a huge gap between how people perceive me and how I perceive myself.
It's probably true what Redski in that thread said: it's my passivity that stands between me and a loving relationship. At this point however, I'm too afraid of rejection and what consequences it will have for my general level of confidence.