Hello, everyone. I'm (22M) under a lot of stress and fatigue right now.
I've had problems regarding relationship attempts for many years now. Especially with declines and rejections
I can handle declines and rejections nowadays. But my unmet emotional needs is what's been killing me emotionally as of late
I feel like doing something extremely desperate that I'm sure I'll regret.
Maybe I'll expand my age range to date someone significantly older than me to feel safe and secure, yet risk getting taken advantage of due to my youth
Or having FWBs with someone who I may or may not end up developing feelings for.
As much as I don't mind FWBs, I'm not sure about how I'll feel by the end of our encounter.
Especially when emotions are unpredictable and come when you least expect them
Or maybe I'll wait till I'm wayyy older to start dating for a relationship.
Even though waiting for an arbitrary date doesn't mean I'll find a relationship more easily
Idk, my brain is firing on all cylinders right now
But yeah, have you ever done such things?
Regardless of whether you have, what's your personal advice for my situation?
Any help or reframing of my thoughts would be greatly appreciated