I have recently started taking medications and I must say that I immediately made progress. Of course, there is still a long way to go, but some of the symptoms have already disappeared.

Now, the problem is this: despite the absence of intense symptoms etc you continue to refuse invitations to go out from some friends. Part of me fears it's anxiety, but part is increasingly convinced that dating this person is a genuine source of suffering for me. I'm just so used to rejecting invitations out of anxiety that I struggle to understand how to distinguish between discomfort and normal rejection.

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For the sake of completeness: One of the reasons I can't date this girl is that she has a young child. He is an adorable child and I like to play with him but unfortunately he is also her only topic of conversation, for her motherhood is the only reason for a woman's life and unfortunately we live in a small town that is populated during the day. by seniors and mothers with small children. The fact of not having my own children therefore puts me in a ... certain light.