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hi, inexperienced talking to guys due to trauma-related reasons & lack of self esteem (f19). due to this, i often find myself developing crushes on guys who are simply nice to me. anyone have this issue and how to overcome it?
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Anonymous 1w

I’ve had this issue but with women, what I tend to do is to think about “do I see myself being in a relationship with this or person or do I see myself spending my life with this person” and after thinking about it I usually find that we’d be better off as friends

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Anonymous 1w

I’ve had this issue. I feel like I got hurt too many times so now I just don’t get crushes anymore😭 i’d say don’t idealize these crushes and onto pursue based on if you had shared values/ are compatible. Being nice doesn’t mean they’re responsible enough to put in effort or that they’d treat you well in the long term. Boundaries typically help weed out the really performative ones usually.

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Anonymous 1w

Love urself first

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