10 Tips To Manage Your Anxiety While Dating

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You know that feeling of excitement when you start dating someone new? It’s fun to feel the excitement when you open a new text message or butterflies in your stomach before you go on a date.

At the same time, opening yourself to someone new puts you in a vulnerable position. When you start dating, you also open yourself to rejection or being hurt.

And sometimes, it becomes so easy to focus on the potential rejection or other fears that we forget to enjoy the experience of dating. That nervousness you feel is called dating anxiety.

Completely normal interactions start poking at your internal insecurities. You start questioning what you should say:

Should I wait a couple of days before following up?

How can I craft the perfect text message?

Did I *actually* say that?

What if this person doesn’t like me?

Should I just cancel the date?

These questions can take you away from the dating experience.

When you feel anxious, remind yourself:

1. Everyone feels anxious and nervous. It’s a common, human emotion to feel anxious! If you find yourself in a loop of anxious thoughts, remind yourself that every human has thought…