Scott and MrMom, I too suffer from the low self-esteem, killing attraction, avoidance, rejection cycle. I have been seeing a specialist on self-esteem issues and he gave me some exercises to work on. If you want, I can post that stuff here a bit at a time and we can discuss it (as well as get input from the others as well).
Chromo
"Recollect me darlin, raise me to your lips, two undernourished egos, four rotating hips"