Typical good looking normie
In elementary school and junior high school I was probably the biggest outcast, geek, nerd of the school. Horrible haircut and awkward glasses, much too thin and terrible at sports, and constantly bullied by other kids. Both male and female. I remember very distinctly that when I got contact lenses and stopped wearing glasses, a girl said to me, "it doesnt matter you will be ugly anyway". I remember a kid, a local bully, actually coming into my house and pushing me down the staircase in my own house. OMG... fun times.
I had a therapist, a very good therapist. I saw him for a few years. And during one session... it must have been during late jr high school or early high school, he said something to me that changed my life. We were talking about how I reacted when I was teased, which was to get angry and try to insult people back... and how another kid in my school reacted. He was also geeky looking, glasses, way too thin, the whole deal. But he was one of the most popular kids at the school. The difference was that he reacted to teasing by actually laughing along with the bullies and thus taking away their power. He also was a very funny kid, knew how to make everyone laugh. The therapist suggested, why don't I try reacting like him?
I did and it worked. I actually studied the kid and watched him deal with people, and emulated him. Not his entire personality obviously, but the way he reacted to bullies, and also I tried to develop my sense of humor.
In pretty short order I had a good, cool group of friends, and then a girlfriend.
The point is... well I'm not sure what the point is. There are a few points. One is that no I'm not a great looking person, but I suppose I did do my jr. high version of "looksmaxing" by improving my clothes and style, and to this day I do try to look presentable at least (and connected to that is the minoxidil I pour on my head, which is how I ended up here). Another is that having a social life absolutely does help, my girlfriends would not have dated me if I had none, probably. But I suppose the biggest point is that real change is possible, with some really simple changes in outlook and social strategy. For me it was learning that anger is really, really unattractive to most people. Bullies feed on it and others are repulsed by it. It works on talk radio and for some rock stars but not in healthy relationships.
As others have suggested therapy could really be helpful to you. I wouldn't have figured out what I needed to change without it probably.