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So I think a variant of this approach is useful and a variant of this approach is really harmful. If you say "fuck it, she's not important," you'll be conditioning yourself not to care about her or even actively resent her for "making" you anxious. That way lies a lot of badness.
Nevertheless, I do think it's handy to come to terms with the idea that if she decides to break up with you, then it's not the worst thing in the world. It's an admittedly sucky but manageable state of affairs. You will be a finite amount sadder than you were when you were single! And although you have some influence on her decisions, you have no control over them. So think "I have done everything in my control in this situation. Now I will go play video games/exercise/whatever." This is a more detailed, more accurate, healthier variant of "fuck it, she's just a girl."
Fantastic girls are important! But they're not your whole life! But they are also not unimportant! There's a large range in between those two!
Weirdly I've been noticing myself having some of these "wouldn't be the worst thing in the world" thoughts spontaneously.
That's good! Because it wouldn't be. =]
Uhh. Is the anxiety bad enough that you're sometimes tempted to dump her first just to not have to deal with it anymore?
Definitely not. Nothing since we started going out has remotely compared to how hard it was to ask her out the first time, anyway.
Woots! That's good calibration right there! I think you're going to be fine. =]
Also, I don't know what types of requests you were talking about, but if they're about making plans, a nice trick is to sometimes say "Can you please let me know by [day, time]?" That's not weird or clingy because everyone understands (or at least they should) that people are busy and need to know stuff to plan out their schedules. So you have some control over the time window in which you feel anxious. If she doesn't respond in that window, then assume no (like the pocket veto!) and do something else!