5 Ways To Overcome Texting Anxiety When Sending A Text

Texting has opened up a world of possibilities. When it comes to dating, the ability to text means you don’t have to pluck up the courage and actually try to strike up a conversation with the object of your affection. It also means you can arrange meet-ups without having to actually pick up the phone. Sometimes, calling someone raises far more stress than texting anxiety ever could!

But the truth is, many people hate texting as well. The good news is you can overcome it.

# Draft it out first

Our first piece of advice to you is this, before you write a text, open up the notes section on your phone and draft it out. Then, when you’ve got it right, you can simply copy and paste it over to your messaging app and press send.

Try to avoid reading it over and over again. If you do that, you’re sure to pick it apart and end up talking yourself out of sending it in the first place. Just a quick read over and send it.

# Make sure you’re sending it to the right person

Always make sure that you’re hitting ‘send’ to the right person! There is nothing more embarrassing than sending a flirty text to your boss or your parents! You may think this never happens, but texting anxiety can make us do silly things.

By checking before you send, you won’t end up driving yourself crazy double-checking ten times over later on.

# You can’t control what they do with your text

Texting anxiety comes from you worrying that they’re either not going to reply *more on that shortly*, or that they’re not going to take your text seriously.

You can’t control how they take your text once you’ve sent it, so as long as you’ve done the groundwork and you’ve been as clear as you can be, whilst throwing in a dose of personality, it’s out of your hands.

We know, this doesn’t really help the butterflies in your stomach, but it’s the reality of the situation. Just because you’ve sent a text to someone doesn’t mean they’re going to reply, respond how you want them to, or keep it for their eyes only.

# Show your personality

Show your personality but don’t be too quirky – sometimes quirkiness doesn’t translate so well on text.

So, be yourself and keep your “voice” in there. Don’t try to be someone else or crack jokes that they might misunderstand. By knowing that you’ve been yourself when you send a text, you’ll do a lot to ease texting anxiety because you’ve been true to yourself and original.

# Avoid emoji overuse

Just a quick side-note here – while emojis can help you to get the right message across and keep things light, please don’t overdo it. There is nothing worse than having to decipher a text that’s emoji-heavy. If you do that, they’re much less likely to reply.

# You can’t control what they do with your text

Texting anxiety comes from you worrying that they’re either not going to reply *more on that shortly*, or that they’re not going to take your text seriously.

You can’t control how they take your text once you’ve sent it, so as long as you’ve done the groundwork and you’ve been as clear as you can be, whilst throwing in a dose of personality, it’s out of your hands.

We know, this doesn’t really help the butterflies in your stomach, but it’s the reality of the situation. Just because you’ve sent a text to someone doesn’t mean they’re going to reply, respond how you want them to, or keep it for their eyes only.