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- OCD Conqueror
- Date posted
- 4y
Just take it slow and go with the flow. Just see what happens. Don’t rush it. You got this!
So should I just wait and see if he messages me? Or should I reach out again? I don't know. I am the worst and social interactions. This is probably why I have no friends : (
@Anyonomous It depends.you can message him saying like “hey, wanna chat” and if he responds wanting to talk go ahead but if he doesn’t respond maybe just wait until he talks to you. He could just want space or time to think. Sometimes people aren’t good at communicating their thoughts or feeling and he could be that type of person. Or he could also just not be a chatty person. Just go with flow.
@LoveyDuck Most importantly do what makes you comfortable!!
@Anyonomous My take on it: it honestly just doesn’t matter. If slightly too many messages is a huge turn off for this dude then he probably just isn’t interested in you anyway. And if he is interested in getting to know you, a few extra messages don’t hurt. Avoid messaging him constantly, give him some time to respond. Beyond that, the frequency of messages just doesn’t matter that much in my opinion. Sincerely, a guy who used to do the same kind of overanalyzing when it came to this stuff
Well he just messaged me 🙃 i need to stop overthinking things.
Don't be so hard on yourself, I also have a really hard time making friends online and in real life, I always feel socially inept, a couple of months ago I ghosted I girl I like (she has a boyfriend though and yep I feel guilty about it), I did it out of insecurity and anxiety (maybe even due ocd, remember it takes something and turns it into a catastrophe), to this point is killing me and I would really like to apologize, then I remember I probably just come into her head when she's drunk and that she has way better stuff and people to spend her time with. You see everyone has different reasons to begin/end communications and sometimes we pay extra attention and value to situations that are not as big as they seem. Try not to reread messages or ruminate about what he's thinking about you. CHOOSE not to ruminate about it.
Thank you :) its good to know I am not alone. I always feel like a social outcast. Went to a bible study the other day ans felt sooo awkward and like no one liked me. I wish I chose not to ruminate about it. He actually just replied back. I need to stop overthinking and realize people may be busy. I just wish I knew how to interact with other humans better
I have unhelpful habits that I hate having in life, and being left on read and deleting messages is one of them. In the past, I've had experiences where I would try to add something to a conversation and nothing but dead air added to it. No one would say anything and they would just act like nothing was said at all. It was really weird and it sort of taught me in my head that I shouldn't speak my mind about the things I want to with others. It's happened a lot lot less as an adult and it only really happens when someone has the attention of one person 1 on 1, but it happens quite a bit when texting people. Someone at the time, who was my crush just didn't say a whole lot in return when I tried reaching out to her, which at the time made me feel like she didn't really care to have time to talk to me. And while that's probably not true, sometimes, there are just people that might not want to talk to me all that much. I feel this way about other people I don't really know but it's only because I really don't know them all that well. When I do get to know them or get close to them by hanging out with them enough times, that goes away pretty quickly and consistently. But with some other people, it doesn't go away and it makes things awkward. I totally understand that people are busy and that they just may want to do other things, and I'm not putting any fault on them at all. If things don't really get anywhere, they don't get anywhere. I'll just stop trying and move on to someone else. But it doesn't get rid of those unhelpful feelings and beliefs as easily. I hate that I still hang onto false beliefs like this and they don't really go away deep down
So I was talking to this one polyamorous guy but we had been friends before we started talking romantically. Anyway one day he has a mental breakdown and he says he can't do polyamory rn (for reasons I won't get into but I think they're valid) and I was like that's fine. But now it just feels like we can't talk to each other. I am either terrified that I won't be able to talk to him cause I will be too upset or I am terrified he won't talk to me because he hates me. We used to talk nonstop everyday but now we haven't talked for three days. And I don't know if it's me or him, or maybe I am just losing it. But all I want to do is talk to him. I am always checking his socials just trying to see if he's online and wondering if he will or why won't he text me. Anytime we do talk, it's always like a two sentence exchange. Maybe it's him, maybe he needs space, but everytime I see him (we go to college together) he seems to be happier, everytime he posts on twitter he seems happier, I don't know. I just want him to like me. I want to talk to him. I am scared I have to stop talking to him completely, because in the past I have never gotten over someone unless someone else comes in and takes their place so it isn't like we can take a break and then I come back and everything's good. It would likely take a long time, and it's only been like 4 months since we started talking 😭 (I am so cooked). I don't know why I am like this. I wish I could be normal about him/other people. I don't know if I am just in an OCD spiral or not, but I just want it to be over. Sorry for the rambling, but if anyone has any advice I will consider it.
This is probably not OCD but I have made a post about this guy. So long story short, last week I texted him asking how his day went with his mom and all that. So he then texts me “how was your day” and I said good and I said “yours” and he said “tough” “I’m going to bed ttyl “ I asked what happened and what’s wrong and never get a response. Next day at work he’s not talking to me so I thought to myself to just wait and give him space. Hours later I eventually ask him at work if he was okay and he said he’ll talk to me after work. Never does. Still never talks to me. The next day is Sunday and he still never texts me so I continue getting ready for church and ended up staying hom and telling him “I’m staying home this Sunday” “I’m proud of you for getting baptized” still no answer until finally Monday night or Tuesday morning he responds with “THX” I come in to work today and my cousin (manager) says he asked her if (the other manager) was going to church tomorrow she tells him “she said no” and then my cousin says “did you ask Bree?” (That’s my name) and he says “I really don’t want to talk to her right now”) he asks my cousin will she go to church with him. I keep overthinking “what in the world did I do” I’m trying to figure out what happened. I feel crazy for wondering what happened for him to all of sudden do this. I just like him as a friend but now I’m starting to dislike him period and have permanently deleted our messages and blocked him today. I took my time and thought hard before blocking and deleting. Maybe he’ll talk to me maybe not but we’re adults and I’m trying to figure out what i did because I’m really confused
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