Doublex2J
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I'm 25 and I've struggled with severe social anxiety for years. I've never had a girlfriend, never been on a date and never kissed anyone.
Dating apps have been pretty depressing for me. I don't literally get zero matches, and I've occasionally had girls show some interest or had conversations that went somewhere for a while, but overall I've had very little success. Almost nothing has ever translated into actually meeting someone, and most conversations eventually just die.
The problem is that I can't really compare that with my experience in real life either. My social anxiety is bad enough that approaching a girl or openly showing interest feels almost impossible.
Around people I don't know well I become extremely self-conscious. I'm thinking about how I look, what I'm doing with my body, whether I'm acting weird, what the other person thinks of me, etc. I end up being much quieter and more inhibited than I actually want to be.
So I've basically reached 25 with almost no romantic experience, while also having no idea what the main reason actually is.
Dating apps have been pretty depressing for me. I don't literally get zero matches, and I've occasionally had girls show some interest or had conversations that went somewhere for a while, but overall I've had very little success. Almost nothing has ever translated into actually meeting someone, and most conversations eventually just die.
The problem is that I can't really compare that with my experience in real life either. My social anxiety is bad enough that approaching a girl or openly showing interest feels almost impossible.
Around people I don't know well I become extremely self-conscious. I'm thinking about how I look, what I'm doing with my body, whether I'm acting weird, what the other person thinks of me, etc. I end up being much quieter and more inhibited than I actually want to be.
So I've basically reached 25 with almost no romantic experience, while also having no idea what the main reason actually is.