The Facebook "Seen" message gives me a lot of anxiety! When I see that the person has "seen" the message, but does not reply, I start thinking about all the possible reasons why they would 'ignore' me... Does anyone else feel this? If so, how do you cope?

Oh, definitely. The best thing to do is even though by nature you think negative situations; try thinking of more reasonable and/or positive situations. They may be busy. They may be thinking on how to reply. They may have gotten caught up in something. You never know.

Ignore Facebook. Some people just read it to read it, or are bored and just don't respond. It causes lots of stress and anxiety, so don't use it anytime soon if you are anxiety-prone. So take a break from it.

After someone ignores you, you start to realize that this is just something that happens in life, whether the person is too busy or forgets to reply or simply doesn't know what to say - try not to waste your time thinking about why they didn't answer. Fact of the matter is this will likely happen again in the future. Hopefully they eventually reply, but if they don't, try to focus on other things - keep yourself busy and don't let something like no response keep you up at night. At that point, there is nothing you can really do but see if they respond eventually. You can also try messaging the person again, but then you open yourself up to the possibility that they may 'see' it and not respond again. Either way, find ways to ease your feelings of anxiety by focussing on the people that do reply to you and doing things you enjoy doing that make you feel good :)

This happens to me all the time. I think that they could be busy, or they could've just seen the message but is still thinking of a reply. Either way don't take it personal.

Just think that the person “ignoring” you is too busy! They might be at work. Also, if they want to ignore you, they shouldn’t be friends with you!

I do feel this. Very often. What I try to tell myself is that the person has other friends too and they might be busy with something very important. We can't always know for sure what someone is doing.

Yes, you are not alone in feeling this way. Maybe after sending a message try not looking at your phone so then you don't see whether they have seen it or not until you actually get a message

I feel that way. I just try to remember they could be busy, or they just don't have an answer right now.

I feel like this all the time I get it is nerve racking. One way I cope with it is deep breaths. Or I will do an activity that calms me down

Oh, I have been there and done that! Time and again. I wish that there was no option to see whether or not the other person has read your message. That would eliminate SO much stress. I wish that it were set to where the only way to know if they read it is if you are seeing the three dots in motion, meaning that they are typing a reply. And it is stressful. Especially if you think like I do. The first thing I do is say "oh, that's it, so and so hates me now. Even though I can not think of one single thing that I could have possibly done to make so and so hate me, I know I have done something. I just know it. That's it, I have destroyed a great friendship. I didn't just burn that bridge, I NUKED it!!". Then, I hand wring and worry something fierce. I will say that it does help me to look at it another way. If the person who is not responding to me really wanted nothing more to do with me, then they would just unfriend and block me, and in fact, probably would have already done it by now. So, that helps to calm my worries some. Not a lot, but some. Basically, what I do is just try again the next day. And what's funny is, nine times out of ten, the next day they actually do reply! And then I breathe this huge sigh of relief. One time I decided to ask someone about this. I said "just curious, was everything alright the other day? I messaged you but didn't hear back, so I was just hoping you were okay." While their answer was very vague, at least it told me something. They said "oh, yeah, everything is fine. Don't worry, my not replying didn't have anything to do with you." I took that to mean that they didn't reply to anyone else that day either. Or, at least I hope that was what it meant. Anyway, it sucks to the nth degree nonetheless. But, when this happens again, try to think of it in terms of if they were really mad at you, then you would have been unfriended by now. And then message them again a day or so later. Hope this helps!