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How to stop worrying about social media, and people not following you?

NAS62142
over 3 years ago

I have Aspergers, and have been talking to someone I like as a friend (and also secretly fancy!) on Instagram, and it's been going well. I also followed them on TikTok and liked some of their posts, but they haven't followed me back. I have been really nervous about this, and am scared that our relationship is fake or less somehow because of this. I know that they haven't posted again since I followed them, but then I remembered whenever someone follows me on TikTok I'm notified on the home-screen of my phone, so I got scared and thought "What if they have seen my follow and likes, why haven't they followed me back?". I've been trying to separate the anxiety from myself (like labelling it), as I know it is irrational. Do you guys go through similar anxieties, and how do you deal with it?

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  • over 3 years ago

    There's also the possibility that they don't have notifications turned on. I hate getting notifications ping up on my phone so they're turned off on everything except my calendar. I know some others who do the same. If they haven't posted since you followed them, they may not even know. It's worth remembering.

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  • over 3 years ago

    There's also the possibility that they don't have notifications turned on. I hate getting notifications ping up on my phone so they're turned off on everything except my calendar. I know some others who do the same. If they haven't posted since you followed them, they may not even know. It's worth remembering.

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