Dating Psychology

Austin ranks 4th in the U.S. for ghosting. Here's why it happens, why it isn't about you, and how to date here without taking the silence personally.

TL;DR: Dating burnout affects 79% of Millennials and Gen Z. Peer-reviewed research shows that emotional exhaustion compounds over time rather than improving. It's not apathy or avoidance; it's your nervous system exhausted by an environment designed to keep you searching, not settled. Understanding what drives the burnout, rather than just managing it, can shift the pattern. There is a way back, but it does not start with more apps. You've done the apps. Probably all of them.