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Things feel so unnatural, because I'm scared she no longer likes me.
I think you worry to much and might be overthinking things. You probably , without even knowing , are pressuring her indirectly.Might be the other way around too. It's the good old vicious circle.
You / her started to worry about something. The other one obviously felt this and started worrying themselves (does she / he not like me anymore ? am I doing something wrong ? blabla ).
So you're worrying because she acts weird because she's worrying because you're acting weird because...you get the point.
One of you has to break this before it breaks you both.You get in these types of situations when you put too much pressure on small things and then it just gets escalated.
Just act as if nothing's wrong. Act like your life is full of rainbows and sunshines. The only possible outcomes are :
1) She sees that nothing's wrong with you and that you're possitive around her. This reassures her and the fear of getting hurt (if she had any) slowly drifts off. She feels more secure with you now and will be more willing to share herself with you.
2) If something is bothering her and yet you appear to be the happiest person you can be , she'll believe that her 'means' of sending you her message (acting distant / whatever she's doing) are not working. At this point she'll feel compelled to actually verbally tell you what the problem is.