Title says it all. I’ve only hung out with two girls. First girl, we hung out multiple times, but it never went anywhere. (I imagine I should’ve tried to escalate things and be more intimate, but I always afraid too.) I always held my frame with her, but she basically friend-zoned me after I sent her a text telling her my feelings for her and telling her it was dumb that she was taking too long for her to text me back. Second girl I hung out with was a stripper. When we hung out I kept it fun and flirty. I felt tension between us but I kept getting anxious when all the pressure was on me. (Ex: At the end of the night, I asked her a few times when she wanted to go home and she kept redirecting the question back at me. Also, when I dropped her off, she asked me if I wanted me to stay the night, which I told her no because I had to work in the morning.) We ended up hanging out again and I didn’t feel any connection. That night I was with her I kept wondering if she even liked me. Even though the vibe felt off I still tried to be flirty but it didn’t seem like it was working. Later that night, we held hands but when I went to go for a kiss she told me that she thought it was too soon. The 4th night we hung out, I slept in her bed, again I was in my head, and I could sense the vibe wasn’t there so I was very unsure how she felt about me. Before she got into bed she told me she was spotting blood but later on she pushed her ass against me the whole night. When I ATTEMPTED to escalate things she made excuses. I never got to lay the pipe. Then she friendzoned me there too. My bad experiences gave me PTSD. I worry about the NEXT time when I do date, if I’ll be able to pick up on clues a girl is giving me, or if I’ll be able to escalate things without being scared to? I feel uncalibrated and because of my lack of experience, these thoughts drive me nuts. Can anybody give me any advice?