Hey, Doctor. I've been on your site for quite a while, and found it super useful and relatable, with plenty of great advice. For reference, I'm a 24 year old male with zero relationship experience. Never had sex, never been in a relationship, never kissed anyone, never even held hands. The most I can say I've done is been on one casual date that didn't really end up going anywhere. I've struggled with clinical depression all my life, something I only was cognizant of a couple years ago (I've ...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's shorter than average and the women he's meeting tell him they like taller men. Can a short king find love in today's dating scene?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He's struggled with chronic depression his whole life. Is it possible to date when he's still wrestling with a mental illness?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Hi, Doc, I'm a chronically single bisexual dude. I spent my 20s pursuing my passions, and I honestly wasn't thinking about dating! Then I hit 30 and started to worry I'd missed the opportunity to find someone. I decided it was time to put effort into trying to date since it clearly wasn't happening on its own, but I wasn't in a good place mentally to start. It took a year of working on myself after that to get to a place where I finally feel confident and capable enough to actually put myself...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
He wants to find love, but he's at the mercy of his treatment-resistant depression. How can he date when being depressed will always get in the way?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Dear Dr. NerdLove: A common truism you hear a lot about dating is 'You have to learn to love yourself before you can love anyone else'. I'm bringing that up so I can tie dating to something I want to pick your brain on, which is about self-love. I find the messaging around how one should feel about themselves to be confusing to navigate. One hand, it's generally understood one should learn to be humble and self-critical, because the mind is naturally biased towards itself and will resist he...| Paging Dr. NerdLove