rejection phobia

I'm 44 F living in the US. I would not reject a man for being 5 foot 8 (I am shorter than that). Not driving would be fine by me because I prefer to walk and bike most places, plus I have my own car…

42M. Do these things basically disqualify me entirely? — I'm 42, Male, home owner almost half way paying off the mortgage, university post-graduate education, full time job in retail middle management that I actually enjoy doing, a bunch of mostly solitary …

Original copy of post by u/Bastard_of_Brunswick: I'm 42, Male, home owner almost half way paying off the mortgage, university post-graduate education, full time job in retail middle management that I…

TLDR: OP has PTSD and Rejection phobia, with no disposible income. Should he be dating? I believe your greatest hurdle is your own mind. You don't seem to indicate that you've done anything to solv…

The rejection phobia is what’s tripping you up. (All that other stuff is just details.) It’s telling you a story right now that you may as well not even try, because you’re going to fail, and if you f…

"you seem a bit...resigned to it" - true. "The avoidance...most people who are relational, or warm, or prize good communication and affection...will run screaming in the opposite direction from a se…