Does this sound familiar? I was sitting in a coffee shop with this one cute girl I had met a few days back. We were on our first date. We had first met at a club and things went well; we laughed, flirted and generally had a blast. She was cute, smart, funny etc. I was thinking that there could be something here. But today as we were sitting in that coffee shop things did not feel so good.

Every time I tried to relax and have fun, the ugly, red pimple on my left cheek felt like a giant beacon shouting 'Look at me', I'm right here'. I was thinking 'Did I hide it well enough?', 'Oh, I hope she doesn’t see it', 'she's gonna run away so quickly if she sees it'. I nervously bounced my leg up and down. It was like it had a life of its own. I had to really focus and force it to be still. While I was calming my leg my fingers kept fidgeting with the coffee cup. Every time I focused on something I had to let some other part 'go free'. If you have ever tried to stop a shaky house of cards from falling apart you know what it was like.