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

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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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  • I’ve been in similar situations before, where I’d follow someone and wonder if they’d follow back or why they hadn’t. It’s tough, but I’ve learned to remind myself that people use social media differently, and not everyone checks their notifications the same way. I also used here – Buy TikTok Comments Cheap with PayPal to boost engagement on my own posts once, and it helped me feel more confident in my online presence. I still remind myself that real connections aren’t just about likes or follows, but about the genuine interactions.

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  • I’ve been in similar situations before, where I’d follow someone and wonder if they’d follow back or why they hadn’t. It’s tough, but I’ve learned to remind myself that people use social media differently, and not everyone checks their notifications the same way. I also used here – Buy TikTok Comments Cheap with PayPal to boost engagement on my own posts once, and it helped me feel more confident in my online presence. I still remind myself that real connections aren’t just about likes or follows, but about the genuine interactions.

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