I spent a period of time doing that as well. Very glad that I did it. It wasn't even really 'dating'... it was just meeting random strangers with the pretense t

I spent a period of time doing that as well. Very glad that I did it. It wasn't even really 'dating'... it was just meeting random strangers with the pretense that it was a date... even though I got to the point where I knew within 30 seconds if I would ever meet that person again. I still enjoyed the conversations I had and helped my fine tune myself, and like you,... lower my anxiety levels.