Man seeks therapy after swiping 500 profiles a day on Tinder

Dating apps are the new normal as they have become a great medium to connect with strangers. However, a British man had to seek therapy for his Tinder addiction. The man confessed that he swiped on 500 profiles on Tinder per day.

The 27-year-old man, Ed Turner, said, he was obsessively using the dating app for the rush he would feel when members of the other sex liked his profile. Ed said he had no intention of actually meeting any of the women or finding a girlfriend.

Ed Turner told iNews, "If a person didn’t respond to me or didn’t message me in the first place it would crush me. I would get highs when I was getting a lot of matches with people that I found attractive but it would always be followed by a crash because it’s not sustainable."

He candidly mentioned that validation from others was the only thing that kept him going. Turner also said that the dating apps affected his entire mood and personality.

Turner also ended up in a relationship with a woman he met offline but he still couldn't quit thinking about the dating apps. However, as the relationship ended, Ed turned to Tinder again.

When he went for therapy, he was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and depression.

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