u/Bitter-Blueberry2368

I (26F) noticed that whenever the guy I’m talking to (29M we’ve been dating for about a month) takes a long time to text back, something shifts inside me.

At first I try to be calm but after a while I start checking my phone constantly and overthinking everything I said and wondering if I did something wrong or if he is losing interest.

The thing is logically I know he might just be busy or not thinking much about it but in my head it spirals into a full spiral of anxiety and worst case scenarios.

I get way more attached than I want to and it really messes up my mood and focus through the day.

Is this normal for early dating or is this something I need to work on? And how do you actually handle it without overreacting or driving the other person away?

There are many girls that when a guy they like or their partner takes time to reply it feels normal at first but over time something inside them starts to change and they find themselves checking their phone and thinking if they said something wrong or if he changed

And the problem is, he might have done nothing wrong, or he’s just busy, but in her head she spirals into overthinking and anxiety, creating scenarios that are not really based on anything.

And she starts to feel like she’s getting too attached and losing her sense of calm and she wonders if she’s right to feel this way or not and if anyone else is going through the same thing?