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Relaxing Into New Love

Navigating Anxiety, Expectations, and Potential Pain

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Joe Gibson
Oct 01, 2023
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Navigating Anxiety, Expectations, and Potential Pain

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One of the biggest misconceptions around love which I had to shed growing up was the idea that love was something you fell gracefully into. Two eyes meet, the chemistry blossoms, and happily ever after soon follows.

In my experience, it was more like two eyes meet, …

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