So I think I'm going on a date?

[nopenopenope]

Hi...


I'm late 20s, developed bad anxiety like a decade ago and have mostly avoided life since then. Few months ago some "stuff" occured which was a wake up call, I started being a bit more impulsive, doing stuff I wanted to do, try to care less about the things that bothered me.


This whole "go get what you want" attitude has actually gone really well so far.



I haven't got many friends or social connections so I joined some dating apps on a whim.



I got talking to a nice guy on one of them who has some confidence issues of his own, slightly divorced from my own. We're meeting up tomorrow which I pushed for, but now we've got a time and place and everything it's all feeling a bit real. I never really dated properly before all my issues started so this is kind of my first actual date ever.



Right now I wanna curl up in a little ball and sleep forever, anything to avoid all the awkward. I'm sure once im there in the moment I'll be fine and I think I'll like him a lot, but the build up is killing me.



Any thoughts or tips or advice to calm down?

[Graceski]

Well done you for going for it! I had a similar experience in the last year. I even posted about it. Was on a dating website at a time my anxiety was quite bad and was asked on a date. At that time unfortunately I couldn't go through with it but later on I met someone else and really pushed myself to go for it. I'm now in a happy relationship after being single for so long :)

Go for it honestly it will be worth it and will give you so much confidence. Try not to overthink it. Let us know how it goes?