Self-sabotage is the biggest reason you're still single, one psychologist believes.
"Most people play a significant role in keeping themselves single,” Melanie Schilling, psychologist and consultant, told Huffington Post Australia. "It's common to blame external factors - for example, 'it's too cold, I'll start dating after winter' or 'there's a man drought' - and at the core of most self-sabotage is fear," Schilling explained.
Melanie says this stems from a fear of putting yourself out there and allowing yourself to be vulnerable. However, this could ruin a good thing. "There is a difference between being healthily skeptical and undermining your own happiness," she believes.
Feeling like you don't deserve to be happy, how you view the other sex or potential partner and view relationships in general could be big reasons holding you back.
To help you navigate through the dating world, she has designed the Date Ready Ladder. "It's about taking the smarts you've used for success in other areas of your life, and applying it to your dating life," she is quoted as saying by the Daily Mail.
Adding, "You already have within you the skills you need to meet the right partner and create a great relationship; you just need to use them in a strategic way,' she continued.
