u/OrangesharkTheIV

I've been through some pretty rough times over the past couple of years, to the point I'm really struggling connecting to other women or even believing that someone would potentially be into me. I've been working through therapy for the past year or so, doing my best to meet new people, and just working on myself. Anytime I get a chance to interact with someone, there's like a part of me that's unwilling to commit or pursue interest. I've never really been good or lucky with relationships in the past, only had the one that exploded, so I don't have any positive memories or previous experiences to inspire myself or to keep the flame alight. My attempts to date have only led to seeing the same patterns I fear and further hurting my confidence. I have women friends I chat with often and play games with, I just can't get myself to trust that a woman would want to be with me. What sort of things would you guys recommend to get better at rebuilding trust? I'm not desperate for company or someone, I'm happy on my own with my friends and family, but having someone was the happiest I ever felt and a big dream of mine and this trust issues is very much causing trouble :s

I've been through some pretty rough times over the past couple of years, to the point I'm really struggling connecting to other women or even believing that someone would potentially be into me. I've been working through therapy for the past year or so, doing my best to meet new people, and just working on myself. Anytime I get a chance to interact with someone, there's like a part of me that's unwilling to commit or pursue interest. I've never really been good or lucky with relationships in the past, only had the one that exploded, so I don't have any positive memories or previous experiences to inspire myself or to keep the flame alight. My attempts to date have only led to seeing the same patterns I fear and further hurting my confidence. I have women friends I chat with often and play games with, I just can't get myself to trust that a woman would want to be with me. What sort of things would you guys recommend to get better at rebuilding trust? I'm not desperate for company or someone, I'm happy on my own with my friends and family, but having someone was the happiest I ever felt and a big dream of mine and this trust issues is very much causing trouble :s

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Curious about what everyone else has experienced, myself I've never felt like I've been flirted with. I've only had other women saying I'm being flirted with by women

So sorry if this comes across as weird but I'm autistic and this stuff doesn't cross my mind or come naturally to me and just looking for advice. So I never really had issues with wants or desires until my LDR moved in with me and we started having sex, which was like 2 years ago or so now I think? She ended up cheating and lying and what not but not the point of the post, I'm just not sure what to make of the feelings I've been left with. It was my first and only relationship, I have a deep desire to find a connection and to try and find another but feel stuck in a loop of either smothering my feelings so I don't feel them or feeling helpless to solve my own feelings. Doesn't feel right to repress these new feelings of desire, but not sure what else to do with them at the moment as it's been a bit of a struggle to even land a date so far, let alone a relationship. Wondering if anyone has advice on how to deal with this, really don't wanna stunt my recent growth as a person by simply pretending it's not real.

Heyo, 28M divorced, been struggling to get dates and worried I'll be taken advantage of again by someone. I see lots of people say just go on lots of dates to figure out your type and see how it all looks so you can watch out for bad people. Specially with me being neurodivergent, I'd really like to figure out what sort of things to watch out for. I keep my profile on a couple of apps updated, have been forcing myself to go out to events, and in general just been trying to follow the advice I get given by friends and family but I can't seem to keep someone interested long enough to want to try a date.