I feel really stupid right now and I don’t know how to process it
I was talking to someone online who seemed completely normal. She had flaws, spoke casually, checked on me like “did you eat,” “how was your day”… it didn’t feel fake at all. Honestly, it felt nice. I thought I finally found someone I could vibe with.
Things got a bit flirty and she started sending explicit stuff. I didn’t send anything extreme, but I did send a personal picture. After that, I started noticing some things didn’t add up, and when I questioned her, she just blocked me.
Now I’m just sitting here feeling embarrassed and kind of hurt. Not just because I got fooled, but because I actually believed the connection was real for a moment.
Nothing bad has happened after that—no threats or anything—but my mind keeps going to worst-case scenarios and I hate that I let my guard down so easily.
Has anyone else gone through something like this? How do you deal with the embarrassment and stop overthinking it?