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 desperately, cripplingly lonely… but he also can't stand meeting or socializing with other people. What is he supposed to do?| 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
As someone who's been active on the Internet since 1994 — before there was a World Wide Web, even — I've seen a lot of changes over time. Few, however, have been as significant as the way that online dating has changed. I have seen things you wouldn't believe. Spring Street Personals, shared across Salon and The Onion. Paying to send messages and buying 'roses' to send instead of likes, winks and pokes. I watched major dating sites become infested with zombie accounts and new ones popula...| Paging Dr. NerdLove