Someone with anxiety falls in love the way you do. The only difference is that when they're falling in love, they're brain is coming up with millions of reasons why they shouldn't. Someone with anxiety falls in slowly, cautiously, because they're always thinking- this can't possibly last, this can't possibly be real, this is too good to be true, something's going to ruin this anytime. Someone with anxiety falls in love with a strange mixture of hope and dread. Hope- that they've found someone they can talk to. Someone they can depend on, someone they can trust. And dread - that they will not be good enough, that they don't deserve this, that their heart now sleeps peacefully in someone else's hands but could be shattered at any moment. But someone with anxiety also falls in love whole-heartedly. They fall in love fiercely and absolutely and with the commitment to something that is finally light and real and exciting. They feel scared but certain. Out of control but light hearted. Someone with anxiety appreciates the big stuff but falls in love during the little moment- quiet car rides, deep sleep, across the room looks during a boring party. They fall in love with the reassuring conversations. They fall in love from hand holding that puts them more at ease than a turbulent flight. They fall in love during a Saturday nap and a breakfast date that is just a bagel on a bench and a weekend spent with a family that starts to feel like their own. They fall in love with the little things because the little things make them feel normal. The little things with someone special reminds them that it doesn't take much to bring them back from the darkness or a panic attack or a meltdown. Someone with anxiety falls in love the way you do- they fall in love intensely and vulnerably and wholly. The only difference for them is getting to a place where they believe they truly deserve it.
Keep this in mind...