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?

Accepting that by them looking at the message, they are not "ignoring" you so much as opting to not respond or to respond at a later time. Reminding yourself that other people are living separate lives, and may not be able to engage fully in a conversation with you when you want to converse with them is also important. In these days of instant communication, people tend to hold onto expectations for immediate acknowledgement, but we also rarely say good bye or end conversations in a finite way. Perhaps also taking the time to realize that you probably often do the same thing to other people you know without realizing it... Recognizing that you do this as well, without having any ill intent, could very well help you recognize the same in others. Worst case? Turn off the feature completely using an extension for your browser.

If i see that someone has seen my msg but he/she isn't replying me then i just minimize their chat window and do any other work which i have (Obviously waiting for someone to reply is a time passing work), its better not to reply him again and again because it will just make our personality down infront of them they will think about us that we dont have any work to do or they will think that we are really alone, yes you can do one thing if after few minutes still they have not replied then you can send another msg like (Are you there?) and even if he/she does not reply then nothing you can do more it is better to accept the fact that they are not interested to talk to you instead of getting stress about why they are not replying to me.

Its not about you. Many do that. Its just their texting style. Give them the benefit of doubt that maybe they're occupied with smt and will reply once they're free. Think if you're super busy and read someone's message. Would you leave all your work just to reply to their message? Remember this golden rule of texting : always give people their own time to reply.

When this kind of thing happens, I force myself to remember the times when the reason why the person was not responding was not ignoring me nor anything to worry about. Then, once that is assessed, I give them space or try to contact them later via something else than facebook. Some people may also not realize that one can be anxious about that, so when you tell them they might try to avoid leaving you without response in the future.

Yes, and it is a bit unnerving. When social media starts giving me anxiety, to me this means it's time to take a break. You don't want to take these things too seriously because what happens if the person is multi-tasking when they saw it and forgot to respond, or what happens if they are in the middle of something but really wanted to read what you sent them and they plan to get back to you as soon as they are done with their current endeavor or maybe it's a person who just doesn't respond well with messages... there could be a million different reasons and here we are going crazy trying to read people's minds and understand. Chill out - take a breath - and sign off. Social media is not supposed to make you feel this way. It's supposed to help you connect with people on a different level, not stress you out. Remember, you have your true friends and people who love you - don't get yourself all worked up over a message that someone saw on the internet. It's not worth it. Hey - you can always follow up with a phone call!

I'm fairly sure some people do have the same feeling, and honestly if someone see's your message but doesn't reply back, they might be busy or just are being rude or what have you. Best way to cope with it is don't make such a big deal out of it. You'll be okay from the whole thing.

I too experience this feeling quite often. I have come to realize though that people are busy at times and may not be able to reply right after reading the message that was sent to them.

I feel this constantly, but I cope by thinking of all the reasons they could not reply. They opened the message, but had to set their phone down real quick to do something and then accidently forgot. Things like that.

I get this a lot too! Sometimes I forget though that some of my friends take longer to read and write. I also know that they want to help/answer me in the best possible manner, so this takes a bit longer for them to think about. (I also have one friend who has bad internet and can't always reply straight away)

Sometimes I wonder why people haven't messaged me back but then I realize that they might have other things to do that are super important and give the other person the benefit of the doubt.