By Namita S Kalla | June 06, 2025 | Image: Canva
You’ve seen the double blue ticks. They’ve read your message. But, still no reply. You’re now spiralling through every possible worst-case scenario
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You keep going back to the message, wondering if you sounded too eager, too boring or maybe just emotionally unstable. The self-doubt spiral is absolutely brutal
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You don’t know if they’re ignoring you or just busy. But your anxious brain convinces you they now secretly hate you
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You start checking their online status. If they’re active but not replying, it confirms your irrational but extremely vivid fears of rejection
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You want to reply straight away but then fear you’ll come across as needy. So you freeze, then delete, then regret everything
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You overanalyse their silence: are they upset? Did you say something wrong? Or are they just, emotionally unavailable and you’ve missed the signs?
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The idea of someone knowing you’ve read their message and not replied makes you feel like a cold-blooded villain in a soap opera
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You wish texting didn’t come with pressure. Just peaceful, unjudged communication without ticking clocks and digital guilt trips
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Read receipts make conversations feel like performance art, like your replies are being timed, rated, and emotionally reviewed on a secret scoreboard
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Sometimes, you miss the days when messages didn’t say seen, when you could reply later without causing a full-blown emotional disaster
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