You finally like someone — or someone likes you — and instead of feeling giddy, you're anxious all the time? Overthinking every text, reading into every silence, bracing for it to fall apart before it's even started? You're not clingy, and you're not "too much." Your anxiety just climbed into the driver's seat of something good. In this episode we talk about why dating anxiety spirals, one tool to stop it mid-scroll, and three truths that let you enjoy liking someone instead of just surviving it. What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Why liking someone can make your anxiety louder, not quieter
• The spiral that turns a slow text into a worst-case story
• The "Real or Likely?" tool to stop overthinking in the moment
• Why reassurance-seeking backfires — and what to do instead
• How to date without editing yourself down to keep someone interested

This week, your one brave thing: the next time your brain spirals over a text, run it through Real or Likely? before you send anything — then let the silence just be silence. His response time is not a verdict on your worth, doll. That was settled by God a long time ago. xo, Kristen 🎧 If this hit home, follow/subscribe so the next episode finds you too. LET'S CONNECT! 🎓 Free Ditch Back-to-School Anxiety: anxiouschristianteen.com/back2school 💛 Free community: anxiouschristianteen.com/community ❓ What Type of Anxious Teen Girl Are You? Quiz: anxiouschristianteen.com/quiz ✨ Teen Anxiety Coaching: anxiouschristianteen.com/coaching