Stressed about Being Single? 5 Reasons Not to Worry

Some of the most powerhouse women in the world worry about being single, regardless of how capable and successful they may be. Sprinkle in the odd comment from a stranger, like “do you have a boyfriend?” or “why aren’t you married?” and these wildly intelligent and competent women will throw themselves into a critical frenzy.

This underlying current of pressure makes it more difficult to bounce back when a budding relationship ends, or when a potential partner disappears without a word. Women find themselves wrestling with moot points and unanswerable questions until they feel unhinged.

With concerns mounting over finding a partner, rejection becomes doubly confusing and painful — not that it was a walk in the park to begin with. At a certain point, things start to feel deeply personal, and may even veer into a territory of hopelessness with thoughts like, “why doesn’t he like me?” and “will I ever find the one?”

If you’re wrestling with some of these sensations, here’s a bit of insight to level the playing field: problems with unrequited love are nothing new. For as long as humans have been interacting, men and women have struggled to cope with feelings of rejection, self-doubt, sadness, and confusion when they were forced to say goodbye to a partner that they hoped could be “the one.” This is compounded…