Basically, I have anxiety mainly in dating and flirting-type situations. So, whenever I'm in a situation where I notice someone cute who may or may not want to talk to me, I usually don't have the guts to go over to them and start a conversation; and they usually don't come over to chat me up since I tend to be mistaken for straight in most settings (even in queer spaces!! it's so annoying *facepalm*
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Because I tend to feel really stupid in these situations, I've talked myself out of dating for quite some time, but now I kinda wanna get back out there (but without online dating, since I've had some not-so-great experiences with that). So.... what do I do?
tl;dr - socially anxious queer chick is clueless about how the whole basic-social-interaction-known-as-flirting works, hasn't dated in a while, and could use some advice. Thanks!
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