Yeah man you're right about me not going out enough times. I'm on a course for this week and next week at a college so that is giving me loads of people to interact with. Just interacting with new people everyday certainly gives you the enthusiasm to go interacting with new people the next day.
I'm seeing improvements right now but I know everything isn't a quick fix, it takes time and effort; like anything does if you want it to last.

That's an interesting realisation. I find it hard to express myself around women that I consider very attractive and I definitely feel some AA before approaching. I never considered it to be the ego. Yet it sounds very plausible, the sense of ones own self importance and self esteem lowers