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?

I do feel the same way! The way of coping is to practice restraint from checking if the person has replied, and occupy oneself with usual activities to not get stuck in a loop of toxic thoughts :)

I feel this as well sometimes! I usually try to run through other reasons why they could not be responding. For example, I'll say to myself that they're busy, they'll get back to me soon, and they do care or they wouldn't have been talking to me in the first place. Repeating these and other little affirmations help me a lot personally!

Yes, this is a very common thing now. The best way to deal with it is not to jump to conclusions. Just because the message is 'seen' it doesn't mean they have read it all; they might be distracted and busy and don't have time to reply straight away.

I feel that too sometimes, I think that you can think that maybe people doesn´t responses because they are just busy or distracted, and that does not have anything about ignoring you, maybe you could do the same as them in their position, with no will of harming anyone and keeping the same care as always

I definitely relate to this! It can be really stressful for me sometimes. My best friend prefers to chat over messenger, but always forgets to answer me. It makes me feel like she is ignoring me on purpose. I cope by reminding myself that sometimes people accidentally click on the message and didn't actually read it. Sometimes they don't even realize they did it. I also have to remind myself that people have busy lives and sometimes even though they are on messenger they are doing other things as well!

I do feel like this a lot. It makes me feel absolutely insane. I try to distract myself and try not to think about it. If I feel like it will make me feel insane I ask the person. Sometimes people don't feel like talking or they're busy.

I used to feel this way especially when I had to speak to someone about an important matter. It stopped after I began to distract myself with other enjoyable things/work and I used to repeat time over time that the person could not be available to reply at the exact moment or that their internet connection isn't working.

I can relate to this feeling, and I think it's something a lot of people experience with many types of social media. I think it's important to remember that a majority of the time, it's not that people are ignoring you, but perhaps they accidentally opened the message when they did not have the time to reply, Or that they are waiting to reply when they can give you their undivided attention. Some people aren't very good at replying to messages, but they don't do it to ignore you, it might just slip their mind. There's a million reason why someone might not reply right away, and a majority of them aren't necessarily because they don't want to talk to you. Keep that in mind next time you feel that anxiety coming up. One thing that helps me, is turning off notifications for periods of times. You'll be less inclined to check when your phone isn't going off. If it's something important, consider making a phone call instead of sending a message. Separating yourself from social media has been proven to help anxious feelings, you don't have to give it up forever, but just give your self a break every once in a while.

Hell to the yeah, and this is a big part of why I don't have Facebook anymore! If you can, try and brainstorm alllll of the other reasons why they might not have replied yet: - Maybe they read it and meant to reply but forgot - Maybe they wanted to wait and chat with you or give it a longer answer - Maybe they didn't feel like talking to anyone and just want to browse the feed instead - Maybe they thought they didn't need to reply Hope this helps some :)

I believe almost everyone has had this feeling. People feel unsecure when knowing that your friend/love/someone has seen the message but doesn't answer. I believe patience is what is necessary. If you have waited for a very long time, try send a little message, maybe just an emoji or a kind 'have you seen my message?' to them, it usually helps :) Often people just forget that they saw the message and since the notification is gone, they don't see it anymore and therefore doesn't answer