Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
Hi, this is the second time I've come here for advice, and it still feels pretty weird. So long story short, I had a friend I reconnected with after 8 months of us not talking, and the first two times we met in person were great, we were even considering going back to being friends with benefits before jumping back into a serious relationship, and then I had to go off campus for 3 weeks, and now that I'm back, I've been unable to get in contact with her over social media. I don't know if it could be because she's bipolar, or because we didn't stay in contact over those 3 weeks, but I don't really know what to do, because I actually really like her and I want her to be a part of my life moving forward, and I don't know how to properly communicate that, especially since we only met twice in person, and I don't want to come off as a creep. Anyways, all advice is appreciated, and I'm even thankful if you took the time to read all this.
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When i was in the ER February 16th 2025, i was being admitted to ICU where i was for 3 weeks, then had to relearn to walk for 3 weeks in another hospital rehab floor, the nurse told me something that made me feel for over 18 months now that i was finally *safe*. She told me that the guy who raped and beat me 21 years ago now almost 20 years at that time, was in prison as of a month before that...
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I've been feeling like I don't matter my wife the other day instead of telling me she was having a pain day when I went to have sex with her she tell me afterwards that she having pain day due to her fribromyalgia and making feel like shit afterward saying she has a list of things from past 9 years of thing for me to do and is always adding more and more to this list and talk...
Could you call her on the phone? Sometimes I think only talking through social media is not as effective as speaking on the phone. So maybe try that first.
It's hard to say if it was because of not being in contact for 3 weeks. It's possible she felt that you ditched her... but it's hard to say.
Reach out to her by phone, and have a nice, pleasant conversation. Keep the conversation light and friendly and happy... ask her how she is doing.... and if she sounds okay and receptive to you, you can ask her if she'd like to get together sometime soon for a date, and IF she says yes, you can then make a plan. Find out what she would like to do for the date.
In other words, don't push anything too fast. Take it in steps. Relationships work best when both people are on the same page as far as how quickly it is progressing. I wouldn't talk about long term, or telling her you want anything serious... at this point. You need to go on more than 2 dates first.
Good luck and let us know how it goes.
After 40 years of marriage, and 66 years of social anxiety, I've come to accept that difficulty communicating as *just* one of the mysteries of inter-personal relationships. I seem to do best when I let my heart guide and keep cleaning supplies handy to clean up after missed guesses.
Clean up on aisle 5. . .
Code brown. . .