Comments on: Feeling Anxiety About Dating? Here’s Why That’s Normal https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/ Licensed Psychologists, Washington DC Fri, 10 Jun 2022 16:40:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Alicia H. Clark, PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-3001 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 21:27:02 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-3001 In reply to Steven Siry.

Thanks for taking the time to write. So glad you found it helpful, and inspiring to keep at it even if it’s uncomfortable sometimes!

]]> By: Steven Siry https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-2998 Sat, 11 Jul 2020 17:02:35 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-2998 It’s as if you wrote this article just for me. I have always felt anxiety at the beginning of a relationship and don’t even understand why? However, when you write that it is perfectly and happens to all people it greatly ameliorates some of my feelings and inspires me to move forward and learn more about oneself through the interaction with a significant other. Thank You!

]]> By: Alicia H. Clark, PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-2897 Wed, 01 Jul 2020 03:21:09 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-2897 In reply to Sergio Monge.

Thanks Sergio for your moving poem. Very beautiful.

]]> By: Sergio Monge https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-2865 Sun, 28 Jun 2020 15:52:44 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-2865 Reading this made remember this Silvio’s Rodriguez song, in particular this part:
Los amores cobardes no llegan a amores,
Ni a historias, se quedan allí.
Rough translation:
The coward love don’t make it to love,
Nor to stories, they stay there…

Thank you, it helped me to build courage on a very early relationship which is moving me deeply.

]]> By: Alicia H. Clark, PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-2726 Thu, 18 Jun 2020 21:50:14 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-2726 In reply to Paul.

Thanks for taking the time to comment, Paul. Very well said, indeed. Wishing you all the best.

]]> By: Paul https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-2686 Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:06:44 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-2686 Some very familiar points here. It tends to take me quite a long time to completely let my defences down and to be able to truly relax into a new relationship, but when I do I end up being able to completely share my truest self which is an amazing feeling!

I feel the most helpful thing is to remember that these feelings and fears are just a part of how I process new relationships and to allow the relationship to naturally take its course, rather than letting stress and anxiety build up unnecessarily .

A very helpful post, thanks Alicia.

]]> By: Alicia H. Clark, PsyD https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-1485 Sun, 16 Feb 2020 02:55:22 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-1485 In reply to Stephanie M.

Thanks for your comment, and so glad it was a help.

]]> By: Stephanie M https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/feeling-anxiety-at-the-beginning-of-a-relationship-heres-why-thats-normal/#comment-1466 Wed, 12 Feb 2020 06:29:11 +0000 https://aliciaclarkpsyd.com/?p=9921#comment-1466 Thank you for eloquently writing this so well. It made me feel normal for my feelings. And to realize anxiety is in fact in play

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