It would definitely be helpful to me to try and brainstorm some responses, though I'm not even sure where to begin! One thing my therapist and I have been talking about is that I'm at best extremely hesitant about long-term committed relationships in general, independent of this particular guy. I th...

Hi Faust, I have no special qualifications here except life - I'm a newbie on these forums but actually a bit older than your professor/ex, and a fellow introvert. But I just wanted to say I read your story and that it's ok to be sad about the end of something even if ending was the right decision. ...

Thanks, it's very helpful to hear that these are reasonable things to be wondering and questions to be asking. I haven't had the opportunity for a substantive conversation with him since I last posted. Most interaction lately has been by text which is not how I want to have these conversations, and ...

I think that us anxious folks can sometimes have slightly (too) low expectations when it comes to dating, like, please just let me not feel anxious with this person! And while that is one important factor, there are many other important factors too, and far more people than we realize who can reach...

I'm in my 20s and just getting into my first romantic/sexual relationship, in part due to spending a lot of my teens dealing with social anxiety...and some depression, and probably a sprinkling of generalized anxiety, that whole super-fun group of experiences that often travel together. :roll: Over ...