<human>: Can you give me a shortened version of the text?

I have this friend. We met briefly back when we were in our very early 20s. She was a friend of a friend and somehow developed a fairly substantial crush on me. At the time I wasn't about it for a multitude of reasons, lack of experience notwithstanding. 

Fast forward how ever many years and we have kept in touch by text. Over the last year or so we have texted each other daily, sometimes quite a lot. I've started to like her quite a bit, and I'm pretty sure she feels the same. 

*The only reason I don't just date her is that she lives on the East Coast (US) and I live on the West Coast.* I can't do a long distance relationship, nor would I really like it. It just seems like an incomplete way to have a relationship. I am neurotic enough in a relationship when I have local relationships and couldn't handle the distance. She came and visited my city last month and stayed with me a couple days (with another friend the other days). We made out quite a bit and did some other stuff (no actual sex though). 

When I think about dating in general, she keeps popping into my head (i.e. how would my dating someone local affect our friendship?). I am a human who has intimacy needs and shit, but this hangup seems to make me completely unmotivated to try date (there are also some other possible reasons for this... as I mentioned, I can be very neurotic and trying to date has always made my mind race which generally makes me unhappy)
<bot>: I have a long distance friend who I have some feelings for and don't know how to handle being hung up on these feelings?