Tired of the online dating…Wouldn’t it be nice to get to chat with healthy/healthier brains here to see if there’s potential? In the online world, nobody seems to be emotionally healthy enough to enter into a solid relationship…Anyway, wondering if this forum has potential for healthy friendships while exercising Dr. Amen’s recommendations for our brains…What do you think, anybody?
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Healthy Relationships is my Challenge
Updated on January 5, 2017 in
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I’m not sure that this is the place for dating but I can certainly empathize with your feelings about dating. That is one of my challenges as well. I don’t seem to do very well on the on-line dating. Seems like I spend hours on-line and really never getting anywhere. I have nice conversations from time to time but really never leading up to dating. I think I really do better in person, although I am pretty shy about making the first move. And dating seems to have changed so much since I was young, I really don’t know where I would meet people in person. I don’t really want to hang out in bars all the time. So, I agree it is a challenge. One of my healthy goals for 2017
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I would suggest an activity through which you have the potential to create lasting relationships (friendships or romantic) such as a hiking club, book group, or art class. Meetup.com has a plethora of activities to choose from in cities around the world, and certainly focusing on a healthy activity is a great place to start. 🙂
Thank you for the suggestion. I am active in several clubs like that. I am in a triathlon club, a Spanish language meetup group, a Polyglot meetup group, an international meetup group, an alumni association, and a few investment clubs. I also try to volunteer regularly. I just need to rethink the way I interact there. In the back of my mind, there is always this fear that if I date someone from one of my clubs, and it doesn’t work out then I have lost a friendship and it might make it super awkward to continue to participate in those clubs.
Thank you for meetup…I am registered and there is a lot of groups here in Montreal (Quebec) Canada
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Clubs are a great idea I will suggest it to my daughter rather than telling her to good to church.
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Just a note of encouragement in this whole business of dating and meeting new people…
19 years ago I was doing an internship at a youth treatment center in Colorado. I had NO intentions of meeting anyone and certainly not dating…my focus was on my future which I believed was to return to Italy and start a similar program for young people living on the streets.
A wonderful man was volunteering at the facility helping the kids learn basic computer skills and doing a “study buddy” type thing. We were introduced by one of the directors of the program, and we got together a few times to discuss ways to help the kids. Before long, we were dating and my new friend is now my husband! We had similar hearts that were open and responsive to the problems of marginalized young people and from there we have built a wonderful relationship.
Seek out places that truly inspire you and touch you deeply in your heart and the people you meet may very well be of like mind and spirit. It’s a meaningful way to start any relationship.
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