Is it hard to get over date anxiety?

[Anonymous]

Anytime I get close to a date or a women I get so much anxiety I avoid doing stuff

[TommyMountainFigure]

Specifically, why? Have you had some very bad experiences dating in the past? Do you overthink everything? If you have ANY of that, think about the worst that can happen.

Will you end up in prison? Nope!
Will your family and friends disown you? Nope!
Will the planet blow up? Nope!
Will you lose your car? Nope.

So in reality, the VERY worst thing that will happen is, you will make a fool of yourself and she will regret going on the date with you.. So freaking what?

You have to believe you are worthy of being on the date with her, otherwise she wouldn't have agreed to go out with you in the first place.

[DishLady]

There are first date jitters -- perfectly normal because you're excited to see the person and be with them -- and then there's full-on anxiety, which indicates you're perhaps not ready to date.