Anxiety ruining dating

Whenever I have plans with my friends who are girls I don’t get any social anxiety. Yet, when I have plans to go out with a guy hangout/date I get anxiety, and I dread the day. I don’t know if it’s cause I think maybe it’s more pressure or something? Why would I be feeling this way?

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SomeMichGuy · M

It's normal to have anxiety when things are important, or the situation involves unknowns, etc.--dating is a combination of important and unknown elements...and you say you have a history of anxiety, so you *expect* it...like the placebo effect.

So just take some deep breaths, calm down...and be yourself. As a human, that means you'll be a bundle of contradictions which all of us *real* people are...

So be that, be you...and don't worry or prejudge--neither will do anything but waste your energy and make your time together less than what it *can* be.

You're fine--go experience life. You'll be ok. 😊