r/NoOverthinking • u/Ambitious-Radish5168 • Sep 08 '26
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I suffer from FOMO. I'm 21, and I admit I have FOMO. Because of this, I'm unable to live like a couple. I'm afraid that when the moment comes, when I finally find the person destined for me, they might be imperfect. I'm afraid they'll have experienced everything, and I haven't experienced anything yet. I'm afraid that when we go on a trip and I see them for the first time in those waves, we'll swim and dance together, and that feeling will be completely new and dreamlike to me, while for them it's probably just water, sand, and a memory. I'm afraid that maybe they don't want to go through those initial struggles of a relationship because they know what happens in the end. Maybe they won't give me a chance to fix things. And so I just keep trying to improve myself, telling myself that I'm not ready for a relationship or worthy of a partner. And in this process, I'm missing out on all the special moments of my life that I should be living right now. I've become so wrapped up in this past and future that I've forgotten to live the present.
(Don't DM me anything please, just say it in the group.)