He knows he has the skills to be more social, but he's still having a hard time connecting with people. How do you fix a problem you don't know you have?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Whenever she gets a crush on her friends, the friendship suffers. How can she avoid hopeless crushes when ALL her crushes are hopeless?| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Guys spend a lot of time worrying about whether they should or shouldn't approach women they're attracted to. It's an incredibly common component of approach anxiety; you want to go introduce yourself to that cute woman you see, but you're afraid of getting rejected or being another unwelcome interruption in her day. But here's a secret you should know: women worry about rejection and humiliation just as much as men do - more so, in many cases, as many men react badly to being approached. A...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
Doctor's Note: this column was originally published on 9/18/17 It's not a stretch to say that dating is something of a contact sport. Signing up for it means that you're accepting that you might get hurt. Opening yourself up to people means being willing to risk a broken heart. No matter how carefully you plan or how much you try to protect yourself, eventually you're going to have to learn to deal with pain and rejection. Sometimes you see it bearing down on you like a freight train. Other t...| Paging Dr. NerdLove
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
I want to talk to you for a moment about a client I had. He, like a lot of my coaching clients, wanted to know what it takes to be someone women want to date. This caught me off guard; this was a guy who had a lot going for him. He was tall, good looking and fun to talk to. And yet, he didn't struggle with meeting women so much as failed to so much as look at them. Never mind striking out, the guy got the screaming abdabs just thinking about going up to the plate. Once we identified just| Paging Dr. NerdLove
