#410: 10 Signs You're Acting Desperate in Dating or Post-Breakup (And Need to Stop)
Breakup Boost: Advice to Get Over Heartbreak
Trina Leckie
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
When emotions take over, people can start doing things that feel justified in the moment… but usually lead to more pain, more confusion, and less self-respect.
The first way to avoid desperation in dating situations or after a breakup is to call yourself out on it.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Breakup Boost, honest and logical advice with the sprinkle of bluntness. |
| 0:06.6 | Trina keeps it real. She'll help you navigate the craziness of the modern dating world. |
| 0:11.0 | Stop obsessing over your ex and finally close the door on half-ass relationships. |
| 0:15.4 | This girl's got your back. Here's Trina. |
| 0:19.7 | Hi guys. So if you are out there fresh out of a breakup or situation ship, if you got |
| 0:26.5 | rejected, if you got ghosted, or if you experienced some other type of romantic disappointment, |
| 0:33.3 | which is all too common these days, isn't it? |
| 0:37.1 | You may be out there making desperate decisions and being delusional. |
| 0:41.3 | So... |
| 0:43.3 | But the thing is, when you're being desperate and delusional, you're probably not calling yourself out on it. |
| 0:49.3 | You're not sitting there thinking, wow, this is giving desperate. |
| 0:53.3 | So I'm going to do it for you.. So I'm going to do it for you. |
| 0:55.3 | Okay? |
| 0:55.7 | I'm going to do it for you. |
| 0:57.2 | Here's to no more making excuses, rationalizing, sugarcoding, calling it fighting for love, |
| 1:04.3 | or following your heart. |
| 1:06.8 | No, no, no, no. |
| 1:08.9 | Telling yourself a story that makes your behavior sound a whole lot better than it actually is, |
| 1:15.2 | it's not okay. |
| 1:16.6 | It's not the look you want to be going for, no. |
| 1:18.8 | So it's time to call a spade a spade as we normally do around here |
| 1:22.7 | and dive into 10 signs that you're being desperate. |
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