My Break Up Wrecked Me And I Don’t Know How To Recover
When his ex left him, he learned things he never wanted to know. Now his heart is broken and his confidence is shattered. How can he ever recover? The post My Break Up Wrecked Me And I Don’t Know How...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: Why Does The Spark Keep Fading in My Relationships?
Hey Doc, I have a question about relationships, especially the early stages. That dopamine and oxytocin rush, that joy of discovering a new person and getting to know them, the excitement of exploring...
View ArticleEpisode #141 — How To Get Your Ex Back… The RIGHT Way
Last time, we talked about the recent trend of folks reaching out to their exes, why it’s happening so frequently and why it can be comforting to try to rekindle an old relationship. But it’s far too...
View ArticleEpisode #135 —The 5 Things You Need To Get Over A Breakup
The reason why you have such a hard time getting over your ex is because most folks have the wrong idea about breakups. The pain of a break-up is equal parts mental and physical. When you’re...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: My Ex Won’t Accept Our Break-Up
Hi Doc, I apologize in advance for the length of this letter. I’m just so baffled. I’m in one of those situations where you break up with someone, but they don’t take it seriously. This dude. Just....
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: What If I CAN’T “Just Be Friends?”
Hey Doc, I basically need some advice about how to move on from an ex. I dated a guy for about two and a half months. I’m in college, he just finished a few weeks before we started seeing each other....
View Article5 Signs Your Relationship Is Already Over
Breakups happen. It’s a fact baked into every relationship: all relationships come to an end until one doesn’t. Sometimes the breakup comes screaming out of the clear blue sky while other times it’s...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: Did I Ruin Sex For My Ex?
Hi Doc, I got out of a long-term relationship (2.5 years) recently. It was a mutual, polite and extremely amicable break-up, to the extent that a mutual friend who is consoling both of us has called it...
View ArticleEpisode #96 – This Is Why You Fail
How often has the frustration of being single gotten to you? How many times have you asked yourself: why aren’t you going to get any better? Why do other people find love and you don’t? Why aren’t you...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: When Do I Disclose My Mental Illness?
What’s crackin’ Dr Nerdalicious? Was wondering if I could ask you a question on a potentially sensitive issue; to cut a long story short, I’ve recently been diagnosed with Complex PTSD after...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Keep Going When It Feels Hopeless?
Greetings Doc. I flat out refuse to go out with anyone who is really attractive because in my own personal experience, they are shallow, manipulative, entitled, and morally bankrupt. That being said,...
View ArticleEpisode #95 – What Men Get Wrong About Women
If you’re looking for advice on dating women, then you’re going to find many, many self-proclaimed experts in the female mind. The problem is that most of them are almost entirely wrong. Worse, they...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Cure Commitment Phobia?
Hey Doc, Appreciate the site, and your responses to so many of us trying to figure this whole “desire for romance” thing out. It’s not easy, so thank you. My question to you regards the idea of...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: Help, I’m Afraid To Date
Dear Doc, I’m going to start with a quick rundown of my dating history for context. I never bothered dating in high school, thinking that those sorts of relationships wouldn’t last and weren’t worth...
View ArticleEpisode #94 – How To Be A Better Man
Over the last month, the nation has had one of many conversations about sexual assault and the affect it has on surivors. And as more women speak up, sharing their stories, sharing their pain and...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Make Up For Lost Time?
Hello Dr. NL. Thank you for your work over the years. I have long struggled to connect with others in a meaningful way. I do have plenty of friends and people who like me, but I’ve always longed for...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Friend Zone My Wife?
Hey Doc: Long story short: we’ve been married 17 years, dated for about ten before that. Sex and kissing and everything else was, frankly, amazing in the first decade or so and, if I’m being honest, it...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do I Escape A Bad Date?
Dear Dr. NerdLove, I have a question regarding the manners (and safety) of when to end a date when you met the person online. I’m a woman in my late 20s, and I’ve had enough experience with online...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: Should I Lower My Standards?
Hi Doc, I started dating in my early twenties and in that time I learned a lot about who I gel with and who to stay the hell away from. However one thing that I noticed was a common theme: I kept...
View ArticleAsk Dr. NerdLove: How Do Turn My Life Around?
Hello Doc My life is hell and always has been. Especially, for the last four years. I am twenty one years old chronologically, but biologically I am probably in my late thirties, early forties. This is...
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