Warning: it’s not pretty.
You think you’re ready, and that’s the whole problem.
When things don’t work out, you fall apart. Why? Because you based your self-worth on one relationship. You became too dependent too fast. All because you thought you were ready.
It doesn’t matter if you’re 15 or 45; if you’re not emotionally ready for a real relationship, you aren’t ready. And instead of dating anyways, maybe you should focus on yourself or what could potentially make you ready to date?
If you date anyways, here are some things that could happen:
You overreact to everything. If they don’t do something the way you want, it’s like a personal attack. Do they not love you anymore?
You’re clingy. You feel like if you’re not getting the attention you want you’re not enough and you compromise/sacrifice parts of yourself to make that person want you more.
You’re immature. Because everything in your life is about them, you assume everything they do should be about and for you. If they don’t text back or make plans with you, the relationship suddenly feels like it’s slipping away and you have to do everything you can to get it back.
You’re mentally weak. Whether this person is wearing you down or you’re putting yourself in a vulnerable position, by placing all your love and hope on one person, you can’t focus on yourself or see with clear eyes what’s going on. Logic slips by you. Things that should be small are huge and before you know it, you’re screaming at them and placing a strain on the relationship because something rubbed you wrong and you think he doesn’t love you anymore.
You can’t have a healthy relationship.
You can’t love them the way they deserve.
Perhaps the scariest: you don’t know it’s you.
