Hi, so like many that I've seen on this subreddit, I as a fellow ocd-diagnosed individual struggle massively in the realm of dating and or finding a partner in general.
I always knew that there was something different about the way I thought, whether that was the massive amount of daily intrusive thoughts or just overthinking every single decision that I would make. I'm finding it extremely extremely hard to date, every dating app I'm doing my best to find the 'perfect' person, looks-wise, age-wise, personality-wise. I don't think I'm a bad looking guy but the girls that I do try and match with are just out of my league entirely, whenever I do manage to get someones number I find it very hard to not double-message or keep messaging until they reply. I hate it, I hate all of it and it's a bit soul destroying self-sabotaging this aspect of my life. I'm 27 now and would love to find someone, if anyone has any tips on how to push through it and change the behaviour I have toward dating apps and actually speaking to someone I'm all ears. Thank you