Dating is hard and I am very awkward? Well, that hasn’t changed.
I’m far more confident now. Wait, that might be wrong. I am far less nervous now? Yeah, more accurate. I’m confident about who I am, but I’m not at all confident that a girl brave enough to get a drink with me will enjoy my company. I don’t get anxious, I’m very blasé about it.
I do have anxiety attacks, but they’re generally about work being overwhelming. For the longest time I was often crippled with anxiety about the failure of my relationship. I was still deeply in love, even when she pushed me away, and I really thought I’d ruined the only good thing that would ever happen to me. I was lucky to get such an amazing woman, and I royally screwed up.
But hey! I’m older and wiser now. It’s not too bad, it’s now just enough to make me take my job and my… life more seriously.