Am I ready to start dating at 24yo?

I'm turning 24 and never been on a date or had sex. I've spent most of my life so far dealing with a troubled past and lost 5 years of my life from crippling depression.

Over the past 2 years I've made strides to better myself. I started working, socializing more, taking better care of myself, listening to audiobooks, investing my money, and what not. I've lost 90 lbs so far in my weight loss journey and currently working a full time job and volunteering in construction to hopefully land a better job.

I feel like it's time for me to start looking for someone to be with. I've always felt like I had to be rich and perfect to have a girlfriend but I've accepted that I'm not, or at least not yet.

The one thing I can't shake is that I want to be with someone on my level and is also a virgin. Some thing happened to me in my past that made me uncomfortable with sex. I'm honestly embarrassed by it.

At this point I think it's just right for me, and I know there's women out there with the same values, but I'm still afraid of being lied to and sent back to my past. But I guess that's all a part of dating, and I have to take a chance.

Of course virginity isn't the only thing, I also need someone that I can potentially spend my life with.

I want to finally experience feeling I've never felt before. I want to really know what love is. I know that it's not gonna be easy and I'm going to have to have tough conversations and get uncomfortable, but I think I'm ready.
Am I ready to start dating at 24yo?
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