The Student Room Group
Reply 1
if you can recognise your faults, then I think you already know what you have to do.
just take it easy for about a week or two n then when u really know her ask her out instead of just jumping rit in lol
Reply 3
Hmm errm, you said "My problem is that i get on fantasticly with girls who are friends (albeit in a slightly sisterly way)" How do you mean in a sisterly way, can you explain that?
Reply 4
wave_o_mutilation
i know what the problem is, but i just cant seem to change it - it just seems impossible not too worry, not too think too much. any ideas?

i get on with them really well in a social context. but when i get into a relationship, i cant seem to keep that rapport. Sorry, it wasnt very well expressed - that part isn't actually a problem, just what results from it.


so what does result from it?
Reply 5
wave_o_mutilation
My recent relationships have all ended in misery. My problem is that i get on fantasticly with girls who are friends (albeit in a slightly sisterly way). Consequently i have been fortunate enough to have lots of girlfriends throughout my life. Unfortunatly, however, i ***** them all up, i always over-think and become anxious and self consious. I have had one fantastic relationship; in which i was really confident and did'nt care/worry about how it went.

I just cant seem to click with the girls i go out with anymore, and its purely because of a knee-jerk like reaction to any success - i just panic and think too much, thinking it wont work, and it all becomes a soul destroying self fullfilling prophecy.

How can i change? any help would be much apreciated!


Are you saying that you ****ed the girlfriends up or you ****ed up the relationships?
Reply 6
wave_o_mutilation
i get into a relationship. Which dosent work, partly because we have been good friends, parly because, as i said, i get nervous.


You know whats wrong then, and im afraid nothing me or anyone else says on here will help. If youre over analysing, over anxious and nervous you are your own worst enemy. You could try herbal remedies i suppose, but at the end of the day the change has to come from you.

I suggest you have a break from dating before you start anything new up, and try to make peace with yourself.
Reply 7
Is there a common factor here? Well, apart from the obvious, sorry. If you put those analytical skills to good use by going through them all and working out what it was.

Perhaps they were just part of a learning curve.
Maybe you just need to leave the girls alone for a bit. Or maybe, since you already know the problem, you could work on it. Don't ask me how - but next time you get involved with a girl, tell her (delicately) what's happened in the past, maybe? Maybe you could speak to a friend about it too. Especially if they're girls... they'll know you better than us.
Reply 9
Well you always go for friends. This is my opinion but I don't even think that being a friend with someone is a good start for a relationship. Again that's just a personal preference.

Try and meet someone new. Just going for friends can just make things messy. At least if you start "seeing" someone new, you can take things as slowly as you want, without feeling like you have to torture your mind about "where it's all going".
Reply 10
I have the complete opposite problem... Always have a girlfriend and get on great but never have friends who are girls....
Try and meet someone new.
yeah, that might be an idea
wave_o_mutilation
hmmm. i was just looking for a way of overcomming over-anylysation and anxiety. I guess there is no quick fix. I've been trying to overcome it, but nothing has worked, i always slip into the same irrational patterns of behaviour.

I suppose its just practice


I have similar kinds of issues, and all I can say is stick to a girl who you really trust, and try to chill out a bit. Theres no easy answers to this, and I know I havent sorted my issues out!