[Here's what happens when you always date your "type"]

Einstein, of course, said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results; I think the same is true in dating.

If you keep dating the same type of person, or you keep repeating a pattern in dating that's not working for you, you have to examine that, and then you have to do and date differently.

Dating differently often involves getting outside your comfort zone, getting outside your type.

So, if you say, "I'm never attracted to introverts, I only like extroverts," try dating an introvert and see what happens.

Because, let's put it this way, if you always date the extroverted, life of the party, you're probably shrinking down a little to let that person shine.

When you date an introvert, different parts of you may be expressed.

So, if you don't know what your dating pattern is, I have a simple exercise: consider if your dating life were a movie, what would it be called?

How would it begin and end? And what character do you always play?

You'll start to find some themes, and that's when you can determine what your type is, what your pattern is.

Let's say, your pattern is that you're a runaway bride, or that you never commit, you're a 40-year-old virgin, or something else has kept you back from opening up to love.

I think it's really important to get out of your head, chances are you're overthinking it; love is a feeling, not a thought.