Hi, i'm a 27 (M) and i live in Italy, i'm very shy, intovert and sensible. I've never dated nor have i ever done anything, not because i couldn't but simply because i was never that interested in it and people always made fun of me.
Throughout the years i had very bad depression (for other reasons) and i gained a lot of weight (i'm currently 1.80m x 110 Kg) and i have a lot of stretch marks all over my body and this only made my insecurity worse.
From a couple of years i "cured" (more stabilized my depression) and i recently started to work out, but still the shyness and insecurity (espetially about my body) are still present.
Said so, i think right now i'm at a point in life where i would like to have someone by my side, i want a stable relationship rather than a fling so i would like some advice about dating since i've never done it and i don't know where to start exactly.
I tried to go to bars with some friends but again, I'm too shy and awkward to start a conversation, and even when someone else starts it for me, I don't know how to continue it. Are dating apps good for someone like me, or (like i heard from my friends) are they only for good looking/fit people?