I (26m) genuinely don't believe any women could possibly be interested in me, my mindset regarding women, dating and sex is completely fucked. How do I stop?

Despite having many male friends and an active social life, I find it extremely difficult talking to women I find attractive, the only exceptions are customer service staff, as the conversation is very structured. I've tried forcing myself to talk to women, but it's extremely painful everytime. My friends say that it's supposed to fun, but that's not the case for myself.

I have no female friends, the closest I have is a few acquaintances I went to school with, who I see once in a blue moon. I obviously know that women are regular people, but I honestly don't know how to start a conversation.

It's gotten to the point that my mood can change when I see an attractive women, as I genuinely don't believe anything good can come from the situation. It's on my mind 24/7 and I constantly beat myself up about it, thus making the negative mindset worse each and every time.

I've tried the whole "forget women, focus on yourself" thing in the past, however I find this impossible, as I'm a straight man, it's as simple as that.

I also can't help but compare myself to my friends, I genuinely can't make it through one night of socializing with my friends without them talking (and bragging) about who they fucked last weekend, it's sad but it's very much true. It's kills me more each time, I play it off and pretend it doesn't bother me, but it definitely does.

I'm not an incel, mygsionist or any of that other negative stuff, I'm a normal guy who genuinely doesn't believe any women could possibly be interested in him, even as a friend.

Overall, I don't know what to do, I'm open to any and all comments, either positive or negative.

Edit: Thank you all for the positive comments, it's refreshing to know that not everyone labels guys like myself as incels or something else negative. Some guys certainly are, however I don't think it's the majority. Most of us are just normal guys.

Thank you.