<human>: Hey guys,

A couple years ago, my ex [f, now 23] and me [m, now 25] broke up.  I really loved this girl and it was not a mutual break up.  Truth is, I still think about her a lot, probably more then I should.  However, I have moved far away for grad school and have been moving one slowly over the past couple years.

When we first broke up I had some fwb which helped at first.  But now I am in a new place and meeting people is hard.  And I am finding it very difficult to connect with anyone anymore. 

Now I hardly get up the courage go just get up and go talk to that pretty girl which catches me eye.  But every now and then I do, usually with some liquid courage (alcohol) in me.  If i'm not out at a party, bar or something of that social nature I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE approaching people (especially a girl I am attracted to)

So over the last year or so I find whenever I feel like I am actually connecting with someone it falls through somehow.  Usually it just ends up being a fake number which is given to me, or they just dont msg me back.  It is getting very depressing and hopless.

I also have this anxiety about asking friends-of-friends out - I always just think word will come around that "Your friend Jimmy asked me out! Can we not invite him next time?"  Sort of thing.

Any advice that you guys might have on this sort of thing would be helpful.  But ultimately, I feel like I just needed to get some of this off my chest

Can you provide a brief overview of the text?
<bot>: I have had a hard time since my last break up 2 years ago.  Dealing with constant rejection is getting depressing and making me feel hopless.