Got confessed to by a close friend

Thank you for reading and replying! I hope so too, he really is someone I cherish a lot. Something somewhat similar to highschool but I wasn’t as close to the guy as I am to this person. The friend in highschool confessed to me during our last school trip and sadly things fell back. I also believe the reason I didn’t tell anything sooner to this person in particular was because of this event and I was afraid it would happen again, though he DID reassure me after confessing that we would not lose the friendship we have (he is very mature!). I honestly think the problem is not the people that like me but with myself; first I don’t think mentally I’m stable enough for a relationship, and second, I really need to lower my unachievable standards. It’s just that I really don’t feel the attraction or the fuzzy feeling when I’m with someone, and I always see them as close confidants instead. Also deep down I believe, a little, because I’m afraid of commitment and relationships in general. I guess the concept itself scares me, but I wouldn’t say that was the major issue, just a small pebble.

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