Dating someone with generalized anxiety disorder

Dating > Dating someone with generalized anxiety disorder

You can't hide your nerves like some people can. At least, not in America. Best case scenario, you fall asleep. Worst case scenario, you black out and wake up at the Formica table at an Arbys in another state. But hey, at least you're not anxious anymore! You're inevitably teased for your compulsive nervous habits. Asking me to stop is like asking a normal human being to stop breathing, or stop talking loudly about politics at a party where nobody cares. You're never really excited for dates because you're too busy obsessing and being worried. And you're so worried about whether they'll like you that you barely pay any attention to whether you like them. Did you like him? It's hard to remember. He was tall, at least? Was he even tall?! You indulge in magical thinking, often consumer-based, before the date. Buying and wearing this overpriced Gwynethy cardigan. If you go on a dinner date too early for your comfort level, you can hardly eat and the guy assumes you have an eating disorder. You'd be amazed at the amount of food I can consume once I'm comfortable around you! But dating someone with generalized anxiety disorder now, you scare the shit out of me, so I'm slowly nibbling on a lettuce leaf with fear in my eyes. You drink to calm your nerves, and since you can't really eat see aboveyou get really shitfaced really fast. At least you're not nervous anymore! Oh, and if you forgot you took a Xanax earlier, you're on the floor. Even if you have pre-planned 3these things do slip your mind occasionally. One glass of prosecco and I'll turn into Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs.

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